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Study finds managing stress key to reducing risk of heart disease.(Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)
WASHINGTON _ To stave off heart disease, the No. 1 killer in America, everyone knows the drill: lose weight, stop smoking, eat well and exercise. But stop sadness? Control hostility? Learn to relax?
Researchers at Duke University in North Carolina have found that relaxation, feeling better about yourself and managing emotional and psychological stress can profoundly reduce the risk of coronary artery disease _ which affects a staggering 13.5 million Americans each year and costs $117 billion in treatment and lost productivity.
After a five-year study of 107 patients with heart disease, researchers announced Sunday that patients who learned to manage stress reduced their risk of having another heart attack or heart problems by 74 percent when compared to patients receiving medication only. Reducing mental stress also proved more beneficial than getting exercise.
``That was a really striking finding,'' said one of the authors, Dr. James Blumenthal, a psychologist at Duke. ``We're hoping the results will increase physicians' awareness of the…
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