Poetry.Reciting poems could be heart-healthy. Physiologist (scientist who studies the body's vital functions (Physiol.) those functions or actions of the body on which life is directly dependent, as the circulation of the blood, digestion, etc. See also: Vital ) Dirk Cysarz from Germany's University of Witten monitored people's breathing as they recited Homer's rhythmic poem Iliad. The readers' breathing slowed from 15 to 6 breaths a minute. The slowdown could lower blood pressure, or blood's push on vessel walls. Unhurried breathing relaxes blood vessels Blood vessels Tubular channels for blood transport, of which there are three principal types: arteries, capillaries, and veins. Only the larger arteries and veins in the body bear distinct names. , easing oxygen-rich blood's course from the heart to tissues. So bellowing bellowing see bellow. bellowing continuously in bovine rabies, continues until pharyngeal paralysis supervenes. bellowing soundlessly verses could have epic benefits. Did You Know? * One in four adult Americans has high blood pressure. While the disease is most commonly found in adults over the age of 35, children as young as 6 have been diagnosed with high blood pressure. * Homer's Iliad comprises about 16,000 lines of verse. This epic poem Noun 1. epic poem - a long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds epic, heroic poem, epos poem, verse form - a composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines chanson de geste - Old French epic poems narrates the final year of the Trojan War. Resources * To learn more about the poetry study, read this press release from the American Physiological Society: www.the-aps.org/press/journal/04/18.htm * Visit the American Heart Association American Heart Association (AHA), n.pr a national voluntary health agency that has the goal of increasing public and medical awareness of cardiovascular diseases and stroke, and thereby reducing the number of associated deaths and disabilities. to learn more about blood pressure: www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=2114 * For a short, illustrated version of the Odyssey, check out: www.mythweb.com/odyssey/ |
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