Cancer and stress go hand in hand. Higher the stress levels the poorer the response from cancer patients. But there is a way out. Researchers from The Jefferson-Myrna Brind Centre of Integrative Medicine say meditation and creative art therapy are the answer. The brains of women with breast cancer who took part in the programme showed changes in activity linked with lower stress and anxiety after the eight-week programme. Daniel Monti director of the Jefferson-Myrna Centre who led the study found that Mindfulness-Based Art Therapy (MBAT) helped cancer patients to lower stress levels and improve quality of life the journal
