REDUCING STRESS REDUCES HEART DISEASE
From: Dr. Jai Maharaj (usenet_at_mantra.com)
Date: 12/10/04
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Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2004 19:56:06 GMT
REDUCING STRESS REDUCES HEART DISEASE
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[ Subject: Reducing Stress Reduces Heart Disease
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[ Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2004
Reducing Stress Reduces Heart Disease
By David S. Sobel M.D.,
Institute for the Study of Human Knowledge
http://healthy.net/scr/column.asp?PageType=Column&id=199
The usual routine for patients with heart disease is to lower
cholesterol and blood pressure, stop smoking, encourage exercise,
give various heart medications, and sometimes angioplasty or bypass
surgery. But doctors may soon add stress management and relaxation to
their attack on heart disease.
A new study of patients with heart disease found that relaxation,
taming hostility, and helping people change the way they look at
life's challenges can reduce their risk of having further heart
problems by 75% compared to people given only usual medical care and
medications. Reducing stress proved even more beneficial than getting
exercise.
In this study, 107 heart patients were randomly divided into three
groups. The control group of forty patients received usual medical
care. Another 34 engaged in a vigorous exercise program for 35
minutes three times a week for 16 weeks in addition to their usual
medical care. And 33 patients along with their usual care from
physicians also participated in a stress management program that
included: Weekly group sessions, educational information on heart
disease and stress, and muscle relaxation practice and biofeedback.
Patients were taught skills to monitor automatic irrational thought
patterns and to develop alternative interpretations of situations and
thought patterns. They were also instructed how to recognize signs of
stress and manage moods such as anger and depression.
The patients' medical records were tracked for the next two to five
years for heart attacks, bypass surgery, and angioplasty. In the
control group that received standard medical care, 30% had additional
heart trouble compared to 21% in the exercise group (not
significantly different from usual care). But the stress management
group showed a dramatic difference-- only 10% had further heart
problems. This translates into roughly one-quarter the cardiac risk
compared to those not receiving the additional psychological skill
training. The stress management training also resulted in lower
levels of psychological distress, less hostility, and fewer episodes
of ischemic chest pain. If a new drug produced the same 75% reduction
in cardiac risk as stress management, it would be headlines and
rapidly prescribed by physicians. Until this becomes standard of
care, patients may have to seek out their own opportunities to learn
stress management as part of their treatment.
For More Information
Blumenthal JA, et al: Stress Management and Exercise Training in
Cardiac Patients with Myocardial Ischemia: Effects on Prognosis and
Evaluation of Mechanisms. Archives of Internal Medicine
1997;157:2213-2223
Excerpted from the Quarterly Newsletter, Mind/Body Health Newsletter.
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