A new study published last week in the Journal of Pain Research found that practicing yoga can reduce chronic pain symptoms in women with fibromyalgia. Earlier studies found yoga to be beneficial for many of the symptoms of FM, but this study is the first to specifically study the effects of yoga on cortisol levels in FM patients.
Cortisol is a steroid hormone that is produced and released by the adrenal gland and functions as a component of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis in...
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