Tag: the-physical
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Cancer patients may benefit from mindfulness-based therapy
By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – Mindfulness-based therapy may help ease anxiety and depression in some patients with cancer, a small research review suggests. As medical advances have helped transform cancer from a death sentence to a chronic disease for many patients, more attention is being paid to the physical and mental health problems that…
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Nepal unrest leaves millions of children facing food, medicine shortages: U.N.
By Alex Whiting LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Unrest over Nepal’s new constitution has led to severe shortages of fuel, food, medicines and vaccines, putting more than three million children at risk of disease during the harsh winter months, the U.N. children’s agency UNICEF said on Monday. Nepal has been in turmoil since September when…