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Yoga can reduce anxiety and insomnia for people living with cancer, study finds

Five people doing a seated yoga pose on mats
The programme included two 75-minute instructor-led yoga classes and additional home-based yoga practice for at least 30 minutes or more a week. Photograph: Yuri Arcurs/Alamy

Yoga can reduce emotional distress, anxiety, fatigue and insomnia in people living with cancer, according to the results of the first clinical trial of its kind.

Hundreds of millions of people worldwide are living with cancer, with advances in treatments meaning more patients are surviving the disease than ever before. But for many, the physical and mental side-effects of their diagnosis and treatment regime can last long after treatment ends.

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