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Article: Take the Stress Out of Surgery.(relaxation techniques)(Brief Article)
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- Good Housekeeping
- Article date:
- April 1, 1999
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Can meditation, yoga, or relaxation tapes help you heal? More doctors are saying yes.
Margaret Palminteri, a 53-year-old teacher from Long Beach, NY, had a heart transplant three years ago. But it wasn't just getting a new heart that saved her life, she believes; it was also the special stress-reducing program she followed to prepare herself for the surgery at New York Presbyterian Hospital in New York City. During the months she waited for a donor, Palminteri attended hospital-sponsored yoga classes, had massages, and participated in group sessions where a therapist described open-heart surgery in reassuring detail. A couple of times a week, she listened to a ...