Stress Reduction and Preventing Hypertension: Preliminary Support for a Psychoneuroendocrine Mechanism
The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine June 1, 1995 Kenneth G Walton, Nirmal D. Pugh, Paul Gelderloos et al. 161 citations
Our objective was to identify endocrine-related mechanisms capable of mediating preventive effects of stress reduction in hypertensive heart disease. Since beneficial effects of stress reduction accrue over time, this cross-sectional, descriptive study sought differences between healthy students not practicing a systematic technique for reducing stress (the average stress, or AS, group, n = 33)...