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New research in CANCER!
Yoga and meditation maintain the length of telomeres. Telomere shortening is responsible for aging and cancer

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I read an article on this :) It was pretty interesting.

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http://iambiophilic.blogspot.in/2014/11/science-behind-yoga.html

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The original ppr is on the blog

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@abhisar @opcode @sarah786 @ikram002p @iambatman

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Yep....I already read the Blog..^_^

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It's also a great Ayurvedic practice :')

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nice

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I wonder how small they can actually become.

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I never knew the relationship between Telomeres and ageing...interesting

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I am amazed by the way some non coding seq can actually cause cancer and lead to cell death....and d best prt...yoga can help prevent that

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It's actually fascinating...the yoga part....How physical activity can interfere wid genetic aspects ?

Wr did you get this from ?

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Great blog Shruti :3. But, it does make sense don't you think? If your mind isn't functioning properly your body gets effected and vice versa (you can see this in many syndromes, or even depression), so it would only make sense doing some sort of physical activity would help strengthen the body.
As, I don't know much about biology (just the basics) which is unfortunate for me, but these telmoeres sound intriguing. I think this is one step to finding a way to living longer, and this study definitely needs to be looked into more. Maybe this could be the key to solving cancer, after all, aging is a "sort" of cancer right, since your cells die off which I've read is basically what cancer does (definitely correct me if I'm wrong here).

This is great though, hopefully we will find a way to live longer, and thank you for spreading the word Shruti, I will definitely start doing yoga :).

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Oh I was trying to make a comparison with the mind and body, and genetic aspects, but I did not get to finish it xD.

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i get all the current news from sciencealert.com or sciencedaily.com...and obv found the original paper

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Hmm..that's awesome !

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Good one...! @shrutipande9

the spindle fibres formed during cell division divide and redivide leading to huge number of cells and cause cancer - [anomalous increase in the number of cells.]

then how is telomere shortening is responsible... im new to this topic

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@Abhisar

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Doing Yoga,..as well drinking the Go-ark [cows urine].... helps us to get rid of cancer..!!

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under no circumstances that this is a complete study

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telomere shortening is a natural event akin to wear and tear of any machinery overtime.
if somehow the effects of free-radicals (number one cause of telomere shortening) due to "oxidative stress" are minimized, then we are looking at a more specific remedies or prevention of cancer. despite our current advances in detection, cancer remains a very tricky business, which is why I think most research is focused more on reversing cancer proliferation to a point that the affected aggregate cells returns to normal.

my professor has shown some of his and his colleagues' work during his post-doc in Germany. to summarize the work, it is all about trying to synthesize a highly potent anti-oxidants

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do not quote my response for any research work as my understanding about cancer is very very narrow.

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^^ would NEVER do :P

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interesting article @shrutipande9

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and this is not a new research btw. THIS dates back from 2008

if one argues that yoga helps, another can argue that wushu or taichi would do just the same. so it is easy to point out what we are really targeting - reduction of stress.

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Wow, didn't know that. I need to sign up for yoga! :D @shrutipande9 Not only will I be cancer free. I will stay looking fabulous my whole life! Thanks Shruti!

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There are MANY MANY upsides to yoga.
@uri shall teach us.

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Wow

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Wait, really? o.o

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Do you know that this is technically spamming ?

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and ya I know to bad my friend @Jmmm didn't hear about this

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he is DYING of cancer (lung cancer) ......

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i am sorry to hear that

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Me 2

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hi

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Awesome! @shrutipande9 !

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no @shrutipande9

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no?

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yes no!

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no what?

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just kidding I'm mad because i got suspended for no reason!

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^ lol