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Qigong
(pronounced chee goong) is a system of Chinese health care that combines
physical training, preventive and therapeutic medicine, with Eastern
philosophy. The word “qi” (or chi) means air, breath of life, or vital
essence. “Gong” means work, self-discipline, achievement, or mastery.
Qigong is said to be “the cultivation and deliberate control of a higher
form of vital energy,” 
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Avoid sleeping on your back. Resting your hands on your chest and
abdomen can press on your heart and lungs, thereby preventing deeper
breathing.
In
the past, a diagnosis of breast cancer very often resulted in a
mastectomy, that is, removal of one or both breasts. For a lot of women
the "cure" was as horrific as the disease. Today there have been so many
advances in treatment, that breast removal is now considered the last
option, rather than the first for most instances. 
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