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Posted on Mon, 22 Feb 10

Deep breathing more effective than medication

For centuries breathing exercises have been used in traditional medicine practices such as yoga and meditation for health. Now deep breathing has FDA approval as a treatment for stress relief and lowering blood pressure because it may be more effective than diet, exercise and medications.

Shake off your stroke risk

Every year there are 3.5 million deaths from stroke; one way to powerfully reduce your risk is to cut daily salt intake. Reduction in salt consumption has been shown to reduce blood pressure which in turn reduces risk for both stroke and heart disease.

Secrets to a long and healthy life

The major causes of premature death and disease are due to preventable risk factors. To find out exactly which risk factors resulted in the highest number of early deaths a group from Harvard Medical School and their international colleagues have produced a large scale analysis with some striking findings.

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Deep breathing more effective than medication

Shake off your stroke risk

Secrets to a long and healthy life