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Yoga, eating well, positive attitude aid recovery?

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Question from Sydney Gal: Do relaxation techniques such as Yoga, combined with good eating and a positive attitude aid in recovery?: Answer —Russell Portenoy, M.D.: Physicians who focus on quality of life issues like symptom control generally tend to endorse the concept that there is an important mind/body connection and that cognitive approaches can be helpful. We recognize that the scientific evidence in support of most of the techniques that people do is very limited, yet the risk associated with yoga, with various cognitive techniques, with exercise, and so forth are so limited that there is general support for trying to employ these techniques in patients who are willing to do so.

On Wednesday, March 21, 2001, our Ask-the-Expert Online Conference was called Ease Fatigue, Boost Energy. Lillian Nail, Ph.D., R.N., Russel Portenoy, M.D., and Marisa Weiss, M.D. answered your questions about ways to manage fatigue and increase energy levels.

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Lillian Nail, Ph.D., R.N., is the Dr. May Rawlinson Distinguished Professor and a senior scientist at the Oregon Health Sciences University School of Nursing in Portland.

Russell Portenoy, M.D., is a neurologist and chairman of the Department of Pain Medicine and Palliative Care at Beth Israel Medical Center in New York.

Marisa Weiss, M.D. is a radiation oncologist specializing in breast cancer and the founder, president, and guiding force behind Breastcancer.org.

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