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Article: Stress management interventions and blood pressure.
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- Bandolier
- Article date:
- October 1, 2002
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2002 Bandolier Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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Bandolier has been told that it may have a "type A" personality, whatever that means. Worse than being branded something you can't understand is the punch line, that "type A" personalities will have raised blood pressure. Even worse again is the accusation that if we have hypertension it's our fault, and worse of all is the exhortation to relax and manage our stress, because then everything will be all right.
So Bandolier thought a look at the evidence that stress management helps would be fun. Can stress management interventions help reduce blood pressure in people who are mildly hypertensive? Current published trials suggest not.
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