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Can deep, slow breathing lower blood pressure?

Long, slow breaths may help dampen nerve activity that governs your blood pressure.

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A device called RESPeRATE may help, but questions remain.

Best ways to manage stress

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Meditation can trigger the antidote to stress, called the relaxation response.

Goal setting and relaxation techniques reduce stress and ease the physical and emotional burden
it can take.

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