Many antihypertensive medications and lifestyle changes are proven to reduce blood
pressure. Over the past few decades, numerous additional modalities have been evaluated …

Hypertension is a global public health issue and the leading cause of premature death in
humans. Despite more than a century of research, hypertension remains difficult to cure due …

Slow breathing is widely applied to improve symptoms of hyperarousal, but it is unknown
whether its beneficial effects relate to the reduction in respiration rate per se, or, to a lower …

A neurogenic component to primary hypertension (hypertension) is now well established.
Along with raised vasomotor tone and increased cardiac output, the chronic activation of the …

Lifestyle changes have been shown to effect significant blood pressure (BP) reductions.
Although there are several proposed neurohormonal links between weight loss and BP …

Lifestyle modiication is a cornerstone of hypertension (HPT) treatment, yet most
recommendations currently focus on diet and exercise and do not consider stress reduction …

OBJECTIVES: To compare mental relaxation and slow breathing as adjunctive treatment in
patients of essential hypertension by observing their effects on blood pressure and other …

PURPOSE: The present study evaluated whether an intervention using a short message
service (SMS) by cellular phone and Internet would improve blood pressure, weight control …

It is known that slow breathing (< 10 breaths min–1) reduces blood pressure (BP), but the
mechanisms involved in this phenomenon are not completely clear. The aim of this study …

Previous studies reported that a device-guided slow-breathing (DGB) exercise decreases
resting blood pressure (BP) in hypertensive patients. This study investigated the effects of …