mind-body techniques - newsweek 2004/09/27

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En médecine, les faits anecdotiques sont souvent peu ou pas considérés et traités du revers de la main. Cependant, comme vous le verrez, certaines histoires méritent d'être rapportées tant par le questionnement qu'elles peuvent susciter que par les développements dont elles sont l'origine.

Guo Lin et le nouvel essor du qigong dans un traitement intégré du cancer
L'histoire de maître Zhang Guang De
L'odyssée d'Helen Liang
Le combat de David Nesbitt (en anglais)
Atteinte d'un lymphome, Cathy Kerr pratique le qigong et l'enseigne à Dana-Farber (en anglais)

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Ces organismes à but non lucratif valorisent le qigong dans leurs programmes de support aux personnes atteintes de cancer.

La Maison Accueil-Sérénité Support psychologique pour les personnes atteintes.
Groupe Espérance et Cancer (Support psychologique pour les personnes atteintes).
Fondation québéquoise du cancer (Portail québécois)
Social Oncology
Wellness Community
Noble Circle
World Institute for Self Healing

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Combination Therapy

Mind-body techniques may not cure cancer, but they make living with it a whole lot easier
By Peg Tyre, Newsweek

Référence: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6037899/site/newsweek/ (valide le 2004/09/29).

Le magazine Newsweek, dans sa parution du 27 septembre 2004, fait état de la pénétration des approches psycho-corporelles - dont le qigong - dans le domaine de l'oncologie.

Afin de retirer le maximum de bienfaits de ces approches dans le traitement du cancer, une nouvelle association de médecins oncologues et de professionnels dans le domaine des approches complémentaires a vu le jour en 2003; la "Society for Integrative Oncology".

Voici quelques passages de cet article:

Mary Peterson stands in a conference room at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston with her arms stretched above her head. As her instructor intones directions, she visualizes energy pouring into her liver, leans against a wall, then lets out a resounding exhalation. Peterson, who has metastatic breast cancer, receives regular chemotherapy. She and three other women are also taking part in another form of cancer treatment called qigong, an ancient Chinese movement and meditation technique. So far, she says, qigong has reduced her muscle pain and anxiety. Her cancer, which has spread to her liver, is under control for now.

Qigong, says Peterson, has given her "a wonderful sense that I'm participating in my own recovery." And she's not alone. These days tens of thousands of cancer patients are using mind-body practices like conscious relaxation, talk therapy, music therapy, visualization, tai chi, qigong and prayer to help them deal with their disease. Eighty percent of cancer patients report using some kind of complementary medicine, a category that includes mind-body techniques as well as nutritional supplements and other holistic approaches. And no wonder. Scientists have found that mind-body practices help patients sleep better and cope with the pain, anxiety and depression often associated with traditional cancer treatments. Recent research has shown that mind-body practices can subtly enhance a cancer patient's immune system, too. While there's no evidence to suggest that yoga practice can defeat melanoma, cancer patients say they're eager to do everything they can to stay as healthy as possible.
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Researchers say McGovern's gains aren't just in her mind. Repeated studies have shown that conscious relaxation and meditation can counteract stress by lowering heart rate and blood pressure, and reducing levels of the stress hormones cortisol, epinephrine and norepinephrine in the bloodstream. They also enhance immune function. In a study published this month, researchers at the Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center observed 227 breast-cancer patients for 10 years. Scientists found that the patients who received regular relaxation training and attended therapy and a support group had higher T-cell function than those who didn't participate in mind-body training.

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Ces centres ont intégré le qigong dans leur approche du cancer ou, du moins, en ont fait la promotion ou donné de l'information (urls valides en date du 2001/11/02).

The Stanford Center for Integrative Medicine (Stanford, Californie, USA)
Ted Mann Family Ressource Center (une partie du Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, UCLA, Los Angeles, Californie, USA)
The Cancer Center of Ventura County (Oxnard, Californie, USA)
Rebecca and John Moores Cancer Center (La Jolla, Californie, USA)
UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center (San Francisco, Californie, USA)
Susan Samueli Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (Irvine, California, USA)
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)
Saint Vincent's Comprehensive Cancer Center (New York, New York, USA)
Continuum Center for Health and Healing (Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, NY, USA)
The General Hospital Center at Passaic (Passaic, New Jersey, USA)
Rahway Hospital (Rahway, New Jersey, USA)
Block Medical Center (Evanston, Illinois, USA)
University of Virginia Health System (Charlottesville, Viriginia, USA)
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center (Université du Texas, Houston, USA)

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