Soothing Songs Please the Heart

WEDNESDAY, April 15 (HealthDay News) — If you have heart problems, you might want to plug in that iPod or pop in a CD of mellow songs.
Hospital patients with coronary heart disease reduced their heart rates, breathing rate and blood pressure just by listening to music, a Temple University review of 23 previous studies found.

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Study: Chimps Calm Each Other with Hugs, Kisses

WASHINGTON – For most folks, a nice hug and some sympathy can help a bit after we get pushed around. Turns out, chimpanzees use hugs and kisses the same way. And it works. Researchers studying people’s closest genetic relatives found that stress was reduced in chimps that were victims of aggression if a third chimp [...]

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Sunlight, Vitamin D May Cut Kids’ Diabetes Risk

Adequate sun exposure and vitamin D levels may play an important role in helping to prevent type 1 diabetes in children, a new study suggests. According to Dr. Lani Simpson, a Teleosis Institute member (teleosis.org) 10 minutes a day, around noon time of sun exposure may be all you need.

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Flusing Daily Makes the Heart Go Longer

What is the connection to boost your longevity?
Periodontitis is a common inflammatory disease of the gums, affecting up to 40 per cent of the world’s adult population. There is already established scientific evidence linking inflammation, the body’s natural response to infection or injury, with the arterial changes that underlie stroke and heart attack. However, this [...]

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How to Reduce Job Related Stress

Our surroundings directly affect our health and wellness: consider that we spend 40 or more hours on the job weekly. Creating an inspiring environment for wellbeing in our working space is crucial to living a long and meaningful life.

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Relaxation Skills Help Some Skip Hypertension Meds

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Learning stress management techniques could help people with a type of high blood pressure common among the elderly to eliminate their need for antihypertensive drugs, a new study shows.

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Happiness May Be Good for Your Health

In a study of nearly 3,000 healthy British adults, lead by Dr. Andrew Steptoe of University College London, found that those who reported upbeat moods had lower levels of cortisol — a “stress” hormone that, when chronically elevated, may contribute to high blood pressure, abdominal obesity and dampened immune function, among other problems.

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Monkey See, Monkey Do – Behaviors Geared at Preventive Medicine, Influenced Couples

Couples tend to be copycats—if one quits smoking or starts exercising, the other is more likely to follow suit, a new study finds.
Researchers examined how one spouse’s changes in health habits affected the other’s habits, using data from more than 6,000 individuals who participated in the Health and Retirement Study, which has followed the health [...]

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Yoga May Help Treat Depression, Anxiety Disorders

HealthDay News reported that Yoga’s postures, controlled breathing and meditation may work together to help ease brains plagued by anxiety or depression, a new study shows.
Brain scans of yoga practitioners showed a healthy boost in levels of the neurotransmitter gamma-aminobutyric (GABA) immediately after a one-hour yoga session. Low brain levels of GABA are associated with [...]

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Hydrotherapy, Tai Chi Can Ease Osteoarthritis

Both water-based exercise and the Chinese exercise system Tai Chi can help older people with severe arthritis move and feel better, researchers from Australia report.
The researchers randomly assigned 152 people to hydrotherapy, Tai Chi, or a waiting group. Classes lasted an hour and were offered twice a week.
After 12 weeks, there were significant improvements on [...]

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