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A recent study has revealed that patients who suffer severe stress and anxiety linked with having and undergoing treatment for coronary heart disease could find relief in music.
Yes, you heart it right music, researcher were able to found out in its research that listening to music could decrease blood pressure, heart rate, and levels of anxiety in heart patients.
Joke Bradt, one of the researchers who works at the Arts and Quality of Life Research Center at Temple University in Philadelphia said their findings suggest music listening may be beneficial for heart disease patients
Bradt said living with heart disease is extremely stressful since the uncertainties and anxieties surrounding diagnosis and the various medical procedures involved in treatment can significantly worsen the condition.
He said despite this situation, there is still hope since their study yielded results that music listening may help to alleviate stress and therefore reduce this risk.

Based on a recent study listening to music could be an affective cure against heart disease.

The researcher revealed he and his team reviewed data from 23 studies, which together included 1,461 patients.
He said two studies focused on patients treated by trained music therapists, but most did not, using instead interventions where patients listened to pre-recorded music on CDs offered by healthcare professionals.
He added listening to music provided some relief for coronary heart disease patients suffering from anxiety, by reducing heart rate and blood pressure.
Furthermore, Bradt said there was also some indication that music listening improved mood, although no improvement was seen for patients suffering from depression due to the disease.
Bradt explained music can impact on our emotions, our physiological responses, as well as our outlook on life, and this early research shows that it is well worth finding out more about how it could help heart disease patients.
He said it would be interesting to learn more about the potential benefits of music offered by trained music therapists, which may be differ substantially from those associated with pre-recorded music.
Heart patients seeking cheap but effective cure in their ailment could start listening to music now.