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Reports summarize hypertension research from Maulana Azad Medical College, Medical College

Published in Blood Weekly, August 27th, 2009

"Breathing exercises practiced in various forms of meditations such as yoga may influence autonomic functions. This may be the basis of therapeutic benefit to hypertensive patients," scientists writing in the Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine report.

"The study design was a randomized, prospective, controlled clinical study using three groups. The subjects comprised 60 male and female patients aged 20-60 years with stage 1 essential hypertension. Patients were randomly and equally divided into the control and other two intervention groups, who were advised to do 3 months of slow-breathing and fast-breathing exercises, respectively. Baseline and...

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