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Music Hath Charms to Calm Hypertension HealthScout

Search Web Site Medline Get our free newsletter Special Offers TV Specials Learn about an Effective Alzheimer s Medication Bipolar Education Health Center Heart Valve Disease Health Center Osteoarthritis of the Knee Solution Center Heartburn Education Center Breast Cancer Health Center Crohn s Disease Health Center Schizophrenia Education Center Top Features Depression Schizophrenia Breast Cancer Bipolar Resources Healthscout News D Health Animations Health Videos Quizzes Tools Health Encyclopedia In Depth Reports Library Communities News Archive Drug Library Find a Therapist Enter City or Zip Code Powered by Psychology Today PR Newswire Read latest Channels Home Today Women Men Kids Seniors Diseases Addictions Sex Relationships Diet Fitness Looks AlternativeMedicine Drug Checker Printer Friendly Send to a Friend Music Hath Charms to Calm Hypertension But the finding isn t meant to encourage patients to throw out their medications By Randy Dotinga HealthDay Reporter Related ! Encyclopedia Hypertension High Blood Pressure More. Related Animations Animation What is Hypertension More. Related Healthscout Videos Prime Time Help For Blood Pressure Beyond Traditional Medicine Sticking it to Osteoarthritis More. Related News Articles Aspirin at Bedtime Lowers Blood Pressure Women Who Quit Smoking Lower Heart Risks Quickly Beta Blockers Raise Stroke Death Risk After Surgery High Blood Pressure Still Slipping Past Doctors More. WEDNESDAY May HealthDay News Italian researchers have some advice for those with high blood pressure Breathe slowly. Turn on some quiet rhythmic music. And watch your high blood pressure take a little tumble. The researchers base their conclusions on a small new study. But they aren t suggesting anyone turn to breathing exercises and music instead of medicine. Text Continues Below Still easy and enjoyable daily music listening combined with slow abdominal breathing may help people naturally lower their blood pressure said Dr. Piet! ro A. Modesti a professor of internal medicine at the University of Florence. In what s touted as the first study of its kind Modesti and his colleagues recruited patients to study the effect of listening to music on blood pressure. The patients who ranged in age from to all suffered from mild high blood pressure and took medication for it. Of the patients listened to minutes of classical Celtic or raga music a day while conducting slow controlled deep breathing exercises. Raga an ancient kind of music was developed in India. All the music was slow and rhythmic. Another patients served as a control group and didn t undergo the music and breathing therapy. On average the blood pressure among those who listened to music dropped by mmHG at one week and mmHG at one month compared to people in the control group. Doctors consider healthy blood pressure to be below mmHG. High blood pressure hypertension is thought to affect one in three adult Americans although many don t realize they have it. The condition can lead to heart disease kidney failure an! d stroke among other problems. The study authors also found that other non drug interventions including restriction of salt intake exercise and limits on alcohol consumption had about the same effect. Page Next Copyright c ScoutNews LLC. All rights reserved. Last updated This article can be accessed directly at http staging.healthscout.com template.asp page newsDetail Learn more about high blood pressure symptoms. Have high blood pressure Learn about blood pressure medications. Ways to lower blood pressure New Features New ADHD Site Advertisement SOURCES Pietro A. Modesti M.D. Ph.D. professor internal medicine Department of Critical Care Medicine University of Florence Italy George Bakris M.D. director hypertensive disorders unit University of Chicago May presentation American Society of Hypertension annual meeting New Orleans We comply with the HONcode standard for trustworthy health information verify here . About The HealthScout Network Contact Us Copyright . The HealthC! entralNetwork Inc. All rights reserved

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