Yoga reduces cytokine levels known to promote inflammation, study shows
Thursday, January 14, 2010 - 00:28
in Health & Medicine
Regularly practicing yoga exercises may lower a number of compounds in the blood and reduce the level of inflammation that normally rises because of both normal aging and stress, a new study has shown. The study showed that women who routinely practiced yoga had lower amounts of the cytokine interleukin-6 (IL-6) in their blood.