Hypertension (Treatment)

Stress Reduction Techniques Lower Blood Pressure In Elderly African-Americans

Published in Women's Health Weekly, August 19th, 1996

In the August 1996 issue of Hypertension, Dr. Charles N. Alexander of the Maharishi University in Fairfield, Iowa, et al. evaluate the effects of stress-reduction techniques on blood pressure reduction in a group of elderly African-Americans with hypertension (Hypertension 1996;28:228-237).

The Iowa group compared the effects of three stress reduction methods: the Transcendental Meditation (TM) technique, which is a mental technique for stress reduction, a physical relaxation technique called progressive muscle relaxation, and lifestyle education, which served as a control method.

The team observed significant BP reduction in both men and women who...

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