Is There a Mind/Body Connection in Hypertension? Part III
In part one (Jan. 22, 2013), I discussed how decades of psychosomatic research focused on anger and anxiety have not helped us understand or treat hypertension. Anger, anxiety and day-to-day stress do...
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