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First annual Yoga Week

JR

On May 19th, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) premiered its first annual Yoga Week.

Others have held yoga weeks in the past. What’s different is the involvement of the NIH.

The schedule of NIH-sponsored events is listed here.

The 2002 National Health Interview Survey found that yoga is one of the top 10 CAM modalities used. Nearly 8% of those surveyed (more than 15.2 million adults) had ever used yoga for health purposes.

The bottom line?
Most interesting, volunteers are being recruited to participate in 24 federally and privately supported clinical studies of yoga on a variety of conditions.

  • Arthritis
  • Asthma
  • Bipolar disorder
  • Cancer: breast, colorectal, lung
  • Chronic non-specific low back pain
  • Dementia
  • Depression
  • Dysthymia
  • Epilepsy
  • Fatigue
  • Gastroesophageal reflux disease
  • Immune function
  • Insomnia
  • Osteoarthritis
  • Pain
  • Posttraumatic stress disorder
  • Rheumatoid arthritis
  • Smoking cessation
  • Stress reduction

5/21/08 20:30 JR

Hi, I’m JR

John Russo, Jr., PharmD, is president of The MedCom Resource, Inc. Previously, he was senior vice president of medical communications at www.Vicus.com, a complementary and alternative medicine website.

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