Relaxation Techniques

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Study identifies genes, pathways altered during relaxation response practice

A new study from investigators at the Benson-Henry Institute for Mind/Body Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) finds that elicitation of t...

Relaxation Therapy Does Not Lower BP in Mild Hypertension

To avoid taking pills, some patients with mild hypertension might attempt to control their blood pressure by doing yoga or meditating. The HARMONY study, however, found that relaxation therapies alone...

Single Session Of Relaxation Response Practice Alters Gene Expression Involved In Inflammation, Energy Metabolism, Insulin Secretion

A new study from investigators at the Benson-Henry Institute for Mind/Body Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) finds that elicitation of t...

Aortic Stiffness and Incident Hypertension—Reply

In Reply: Dr Protogerou and colleagues raise 2 main questions. First, does the relationship between CFPWV and incident hypertension differ for isolated systolic hypertension, isolated diastolic hypert...

Bel Marra Health Reports on a New Study Revealing a Natural Remedy for Hypertension, Insomnia, and Aging

Bel Marra Health, who offers high-quality, specially formulated vitamins and nutritional supplements, reports a new study that reveals a natural way to reduce stress, anxiety, and high blood pressure,...

How can resistant hypertension be identified and prevented?

Resistant hypertension is difficult to treat. In a Perspectives, Solini and Ruilope argue that many patients with resistant hypertension actually have mismanaged primary hypertension. They discuss how...

New Kids Relaxation Classes Open in United States and Australia

Metuchen, NJ (PRWEB) April 05, 2013 Kids’ relaxation classes allow children to acquire valuable children’s relaxation skills “before they form ideas that can block or impair positi...

Study links relaxation method to reduced hot flashes

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Although studies of the effects of relaxation techniques on menopause symptoms have yielded mixed results so far, a new report from Sweden comes down in favor of the approa...

Phosphodiesterase Inhibitor Effect on Small Artery Function in Preeclampsia.

Objective. To determine if the phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitor, sildenafil citrate improves endothelial-dependent relaxation of small arteries from women with preeclampsia. Methods. Myometrial and...

Response to Hermida.

Role of laparoscopic nephrectomy for refractory hypertension in poorly functioning kidneys.

INTRODUCTION Hypertension is a common medical problem mainly treated by effective antihypertensive drugs. Persistent hypertension can be difficult to manage and have detrimental effect on vital organs...

Alterations in perivascular adipose tissue structure and function in hypertension.

We studied the structural and the functional alterations of perivascular adipose tissue (PVAT) in hypertension with spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR). Measured with dual energy X-ray absorptiometr...

Mas receptors in modulating relaxation induced by perivascular adipose tissue.

Perivascular adipose tissue (PVAT) is known to secrete vascular relaxation factors, and angiotensin 1-7 [Ang-(1-7)] acting on the endothelium is one of the endothelium-dependent relaxation factors. Ma...