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> Heart experts said at-risk patients should be helped to manage stress. Is there any high-quality evidence that "stress management" interventions actually lea
by 0xcde4c3db 10y ago
> Heart experts said at-risk patients should be helped to manage stress.
Is there any high-quality evidence that "stress management" interventions actually lead to a medically significant reduction in biological stress? I see this sort of thing mentioned in passing in lots of places as a potential mitigation, but studies that actually examine its effectiveness seem to be in short supply, and what I can dig up quickly seems to be low-quality (underpowered, not randomized, not controlled).
- aladoc99 10y agoOff the top of my head, stress reduction and meditation are part of the Dean Ornish program, which has some evidence for slowing atherosclerosis progression. Next question is, would causing a reduction in activity in the amygdala lead to reduced cardiovascular events?
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- cpncrunch 10y agohttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022399903005737 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022399903... http://circoutcomes.ahajournals.org/content/2/1/25.short http://circoutcomes.ahajournals.org/content/2/1/25.short
- gm-conspiracy 10y agoI don't even see how one could have effective "stress management" provided by a US health insurance company or healthcare provider. Good luck getting treated for GAD without first some random SSRIs and blood pressure med cocktails.
- BeetleB 10y agoMy insurance company covers counselors for "medically necessary" reasons. What constitutes medically necessary is up to the counselor. They know how to bill it so you're covered.
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- WillPostForFood 10y agoMeditation has a growing body of evidence that it reduces stress, not sure if it reaches high quality threshold yet. But there is very little harm in trying it (versus diet or pharma interventions). https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/inspired-life/wp/2015/05/26/harvard-neuroscientist-meditation-not-only-reduces-stress-it-literally-changes-your-brain/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/inspired-life/wp/2015/05...