Audio Relaxation Program May Help Lower Blood Pressure In Elderly

Monday, September 22, 2008 - 00:14 in Health & Medicine

Study highlights an audio-guided relaxation CD with background sounds of ocean waves and a calming voice may lower blood pressure in elderly people. Listening to Mozart also significantly lowered blood pressure in the study, but to a lesser degree. The technique has been used for chronic pain, but had never been tested in the hypertensive elderly.

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