Longevity Course: Mindfulness-based stress reduction teachers, practice characteristics, cancer incidence, and health: a nationwide ecological description.

Wednesday, April 22, 2015

Mindfulness-based stress reduction teachers, practice characteristics, cancer incidence, and health: a nationwide ecological description.

Greater practice of mindfulness based stress reduction (MBSR) techniques may decrease the risk of cancer. This study found that a greater number of MBSR teachers per capita was associated with a lower rate of colorectal and cervical cancer. (BMC Complement Altern Med. 2015 Feb 14;15(1):24.)