Sunday, July 24, 2011

Research

A 2006 randomized controlled trial conducted by researchers at the University of California, School of Nursing, in San Francisco found that among 170 patients about to undergo vascular angiography, those who listened to 15 minutes of relaxing music had a significantly slower heart beat than those who waited in silence for 15 minutes. A 2009 Cochrane Systematic Review of 23 studies involving nearly 1,500 patients found that heart rate and blood pressure were reduced among heart disease patients who listened to music.

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