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Article: Depressed older patients respond to biofeedback, case series shows.(Mental Health)
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- Family Practice News
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- February 15, 2006
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ORLANDO -- The use of biofeedback to control heart rate variability could be useful in the treatment of older patients with depression, just as it has been beneficial for patients with asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and various cancers.
"Heart rate variability is probably the best marker of health in general, such that if one has good heart rate variability, one is generally healthy, But should someone have any health problems, they can learn to improve their heart rate variability and do better," said Leon Hyer, Ph.D., in a poster presentation at the annual meeting of the Gerontological Society of America.
In a pilot study of two ...