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From: werner@aecom.UUCP (Craig Werner)
Newsgroups: net.med
Subject: Researchers get Fib-ulous results (High BP)
Message-ID: <1762@aecom.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 20-Jun-85 02:38:45 EDT
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Posted: Thu Jun 20 02:38:45 1985
Date-Received: Fri, 21-Jun-85 11:13:23 EDT
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Organization: Albert Einstein Coll. of Med., NY
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Another clipping:

    Muncie, Ind. (UPI) - Researchers thought they might be fibbing at least a
little when they told volunteers in a study of high blood pressure they could
lower their blood pressure just by daily monitoring.  It turned out to be the
truth.
    A Ball State University study found that people with hypertension who
merely monitored their blood pressure lowered it as much as volunteers in
three groups who practiced meditation, hand and foot warming techniques, and
abdominal breathing.
    Jay Zimmerman, a hypertension counseling expert, said that merely taking
and recording of blood pressure apparently served as a biofeedback process
for the test subjects. "By taking their blood pressure regularly, they could
tell during the day when they were most stressed," he said.

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				Craig Werner
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		"The world is just a straight man for you sometimes"