Less stress may help cancer patients live longer, study finds
Thursday, November 20, 2008 - 13:07
in Health & Medicine
Researchers say psychological counseling focused on stress reduction may prolong patients' lives. But experts say the results are not conclusive. Psychological counseling, muscle relaxation and other strategies for reducing stress in breast cancer patients can cut their risk of death from the disease by more than half, according to a study published online Monday in the journal Cancer.