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    September 28, 2004

    Massage Therapy Eases Cancer Discomforts

    A research study at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York conducted by Dr. Barrie R. Cassileth found that massage helps reduce anxiety, pain, fatigue and other types of discomfort in cancer patients for at least 48 hours.

    Patients had their choice of either standard "Swedish" massage, light touch massage or foot massage. The researchers tracked the effects of massage of patients' pain, fatigue, anxiety, nausea and depression.

    Patients appeared to improve more following light touch or Swedish massage than foot massage, the authors report in the Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. Outpatients tended to benefit more from massage than inpatients.

    Posted by linda at September 28, 2004 10:32 PM

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