Lymphoma patients benefit from aerobic exercises

Posted on 30. Oct, 2009 by Turbo in Health

Researchers from Canada say that aerobics could benefit lymphoma patients taking chemotherapy.

The studyof their research published in Journal of Clinical Oncology, says that patients suffering from lymphoma after receiving exercise showed significant improvement in their physical functioning, lean body mass and quality of life and reduced fatigue and depression. The patients also showed significantly increased happiness.

According to the lead scientist Kerry Courneya even vigorous exercise program intervention didn’t disturb ability to benefit from the chemotherapy of lymphoma patients.

Exercise could render positive benefits after radiation treatment

Posted on 20. Oct, 2009 by Turbo in Health

According to US researchers of the Duke University Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina, exercise after the brain radiation treatment protects against memory loss and depression.

According to the findings of study, presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience in Chicago, mice which had access to exercise wheel suffered little from memory loss after being subjected to radiation. The mice that had access to exercising wheel also were less likely to suffer from depression.

According to the lead scientist of the study Sarah Woong-Goodrich the radiation-given mice were as good as those mice that didn’t receive irradiation and that didn’t exercise.

The findings of their study showed exercise could be great and loaded with benefits that could restore mice after receiving whole-brain radiation therapy. This could actually help increase the cancer survivors said.

However the patient should get an exercise clearance from the doctor. Patients after irradiation are bound to become physically as well as mentally deconditioned, but the study’s findings should be a ray of hope to condition back the brain and enjoy both psychological and cognitive benefits from exercising.