Blood Pressure Drugs Work Best with Musical Accompaniment

Listening to music heightens the beneficial effects of blood pressure–lowering drugs, according to the results of a study by scientists in Brazil and the U.K. The team, coordinated by Vitor Engrácia Valenti, Ph.D., a professor in the Speech Language Pathology Department of UNESP Marília's School of Philosophy & Sciences (FFC) in Brazil, found that hypertension patients who listened to music immediately after taking their regular blood pressure medications experienced grea