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Mind-body ‘to avoid cancer’

- BY ASHLEIGH RAINBIRD

CHAS Hodges, of music duo Chas & Dave, has finished cancer treatment and is going back on the road.

TAI Chi could cut the risk of cancer, a study suggests.

Mind-body training does not simply relax us, it reverses harm to our DNA.

That lowers the odds of getting mental and physical illnesses, says a University of Coventry study.

Lead investigat­or Ivana Buric explained: “When doing mind-body exercises, our brain — via molecular reactions — tells our genes to express differentl­y, reducing cell inflammati­on associated with cancers.”

 ??  ?? IN THE GROOVE Chas, left, with Dave last month
IN THE GROOVE Chas, left, with Dave last month

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