Yoga aids heart failure patients
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Researchers at Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta have found that the addition of an eight-week course of yoga to standard medical therapy in heart failure patients improved patients’ ability to exercise, lowered levels of inflammation, and boosted overall quality of life. The findings were presented at the American Heart Association sessions in Orlando. Fla., on November 5.