Yoga enhances heart health, lowers blood pressure, study shows
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More evidence is surfacing in support of the heart health benefits of yoga. Practicing yoga also reduces chronic stress, which boosts immune system function and enhances cognitive ability.
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WEDNESDAY, Feb. 9 (HealthDay News) -- Transcendental meditation (TM) reduces hypertension and cuts down on the need for blood pressure-lowering medications, according to a study in black Americans.
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Regular exercise can reduce the incidence of a deadly combination of risk factors for heart disease and diabetes in middle-aged and older people.
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Lowering levels of a protein in the blood could offer another way of reducing the risk of heart disease, a study says.
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Researchers have cracked the mystery of why eating garlic can help keep the heart healthy.
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Regular exercise can ward off mental decline in older people, according to new European research. Physical activities like walking, bicycling and gardening boost blood flow to the brain and this is thought
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India plans to introduce yoga in schools to fight rising obesity among middle-class youngsters, even as the country continues to battle widespread malnutrition and "shameful" infant and maternal mortality.
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NEW YORK  - Physically active young adults are less likely than their more sedentary peers to develop high blood pressure, also known as hypertension, a new study confirms.
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Yoga&#39;s ability to calm the inner self might go even further than was previously thought. Adopting the right positions coupled with meditation not only soothes the spirit, increases a sense of self-control
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People with high blood pressure seem to be more vulnerable to heart attacks when the temperature drops, new research shows. The findings, presented last week at a conference
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One half of a cup of soy nuts  each day may work as well as anti-hypertension medication to  lower blood pressure, a new study in postmenopausal women  demonstrates.
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Even in middle age, adopting a healthy lifestyle can lower the risk for heart disease and premature death within years of changing habits, researchers reported on Thursday.
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The folk treatment hibiscus flower extract helps control cholesterol levels in animals and may reduce heart disease in humans, suggests a new animal study.
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NEW YORK  - People who manage to reduce their waistlines may also lower their risk for diabetes and heart disease, a study suggests.
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NEW YORK  - Systolic blood pressure, the  upper number in a blood-pressure reading, during the recovery  period after exercise stress testing may help predict the risk  of heart attack in men, according to a report in the journal  Hypertension.
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NEW YORK  - People who think they're getting a good workout obtain more benefits than those who perform the exact same activities, but don't think what they are doing is exercise, according to the findings of a study by Harvard researchers. These results support the idea that the benefits of exercise may involve a placebo effect.
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(WebMD) The computerized musical device called RESPeRATE helps people breathe slowly and lowers their blood pressure, research shows.