Improve the Mental Health of Breast Cancer Survivors with Mindfulness By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “mindfulness-based meditation can help ease the stress, anxiety, fear, and depression that often come along with a breast cancer diagnosis and treatment.” – BreastCancer,org About 12.5% of women in the U.S. develop invasive breast cancer over […]
Improve Cognitive Function in Breast Cancer Survivors with Mindfulness By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “Participation in a mindfulness-based stress reduction program yields robust and sustained improvement in cancer-related cognitive impairment, a prevalent and potentially debilitating condition that affects attention, memory and executive function in survivors.” – ScienceDaily Receiving a diagnosis of […]
Improve Breast Cancer Symptoms with Mindfulness By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “Results show promise for mindfulness-based interventions to treat common psychological problems such as anxiety, stress, and depression in cancer survivors and to improve overall quality of life.” — Linda E. Carlson Receiving a diagnosis of cancer has a huge impact […]
Improve Cognition in Breast Cancer Patients with Meditation By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “Between diagnosis, treatment, recovery and ongoing treatment, living with cancer is a stressful roller-coaster set on repeat. Meditation is a very useful and powerful tool that can help you get in touch with your thoughts and emotions, cultivate compassion and […]
Improve Inflammatory Responses in Breast Cancer Survivors with Mindfulness By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “Several studies have documented the value of meditation in managing both psychological and physical symptoms associated with cancer and its treatments. But it is important for patients considering meditation to note that regular, ongoing practice is essential for […]
Treat Insomnia in Breast Cancer Survivors with Tai Chi By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “Breast cancer survivors often don’t just come to physicians with insomnia. They have insomnia, fatigue and depression. And this intervention, tai chi, impacted all those outcomes in a similar way, with benefits that were as robust as the […]
Improve Balance in Breast Cancer Patients with Qigong Practice By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “In terms of qigong influence on my cancer, a bone density scan carried some months ago has shown that, not only have I not lost further bone material, but, bone density has improved and there is growth of […]
Improve Sleep in Breast Cancer Patients with Mindfulness By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “That MBSR [mindfulness-based stress reduction] can produce similar improvements to CBT-I [cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia] and that both groups can effectively reduce stress and mood disturbance expands the available treatment options for insomnia in cancer patients,” – Sheila Garland […]
By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “mindfulness-based meditation can help ease the stress, anxiety, fear, and depression that often come along with a breast cancer diagnosis and treatment.” – Breastcancer.org About 12.5% of women in the U.S. develop invasive breast cancer over their lifetimes and every year about 40,000 women die. Indeed, […]
Improve the Mental and Physical Health of Breast Cancer Survivors with Yoga By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “It was very frightening. You wonder, obviously—Am I going to live through this? I’m convinced that yoga made all the difference in my treatment. The breathing was the thing that always came back for me—keeping […]