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Video of the Week: Live From ACC — Yoga Does a Heart Good


 

Yes, this week, Global Medical News Network staff are bringing you the very latest news live from the Annual Scientific Sessions of the American College of Cardiology.

At the meeting, investigators reported that yoga can help reduce arrhythmia episodes in patients with atrial fibrillation, and improve their anxiety and depression. The study authors caution, however, that yoga is not a treatment for atrial fibrillation.

Our own video star Naseem S. Miller talked with the study’s lead author Dr. Dhanunjaya Lakkireddy, who is an associate professor of medicine at University of Kansas Hospital, Kansas City.

You can read her story at Internal Medicine News, where you can find all of our coverage of ACC.

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