Recent research has shown that women who practice hatha yoga (a common type of yoga involving body postures, breath control, and meditation) regularly recover from stress faster than women who are considered yoga "novices." The research, supported in part by NCCAM and published in the journal Psychosomatic Medicine, also showed that yoga may boost [...]

An analysis of insurance records in Washington State—which requires private insurers to cover certain complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) practices—showed that more than a quarter of cancer patients visited CAM providers during their cancer treatment. The NCCAM-funded analysis, published in The American Journal of Managed Care, also indicated that related CAM expenditures accounted for 1 [...]