75 Health Conditions Benefited by Yoga, as Demonstrated in Scientific Studies
From Yoga as Medicine by Timothy McCall, MD (updated February 2013)
Alcoholism and Other Drug Abuse
Anxiety
Asthma
Atrial Fibrillation
Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
(ADD/ADHD)
Autism
Back Pain
Balance Problems
Breast Cancer
Cancer (General)
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
(COPD) e.g. Emphysema)
Congestive Heart Failure
Depression
Diabetes
Drug Withdrawal
Eating Disorders
Epilepsy
Fatigue
Fibromyalgia
Gait (Walking) Problems
Guillain-Barré Syndrome
Heart Disease
Hemorrhoids
High Blood Pressure
HIV/AIDS
Hypothyroidism
Infertility
Inguinal Hernia
Insomnia
Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Kidney Failure
Lymphoma
Mental Developmental Impairment
Menopausal (and Perimenopausal) Symptoms
Menstrual Disorders
Metabolic Syndrome
Migraine and Tension Headaches
Multiple Sclerosis
Muscular Dystrophy
Neck Pain
Neuroses (e.g. Phobias)
Obesity/Overweight
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
Organ Transplant
Osteoporosis
Osteoarthritis (Degenerative Arthritis)
Ovarian Cancer
Pain (Chronic)
Performance Anxiety
Pleural Effusion (Fluid in Lung Lining)
Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome
Post-Heart Attack Rehabilitation
Post-Joint Replacement
Post-Polio Syndrome
Post-Operative Recovery
Post-Stroke Rehabilitation
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Pregnancy (both normal and complicated)
Psoriasis
Restless Leg Syndrome
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Rhinitis (Inflammation of the Nose)
Schizophrenia
Scoliosis (Lateral Curvature of the Spine) Sexual
Function
Sinusitis
Smoking Cessation
Stroke
Total Knee Arthroplasty
Traumatic Brain Injury
Tuberculosis
Urinary Stress Incontinence
Urinary Bladder Dysfunction
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