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" Meditation, yoga and physical awareness can help breast cancer survivors&amp;#039; improve their physical and mental well being.  Such is the finding of a study by the School of Nursing at the University of Missouri in the US.  Published in the Western Journal of Nursing Research, the study revealed that breast cancer survivors who learnt Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) felt their well being improve.  The participants undertook MBSR for between eight and ten weeks and it was found that their blood pressure lowered, as well as their heart and respiratory rates.  Another positive effect was that their moods improved after participating in the sessions.  Jane Armer, professor of nursing and co-author of the study, said: &amp;quot;Post diagnosis, breast cancer patients often feel like they have no control over their lives  &amp;quot;Knowing that they can control something- such as meditation - and that it will improve their health, gives them hope that life will be normal again.&amp;quot;  In the UK, breast cancer survival rates of 20 years for those diagnosed between 2003 and 2006 have reached 64 per cent, according to Cancer Research UK. \u00A0 "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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