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Does social support improve resting cardiovascular function in healthy non-smoking women?
Does social support improve resting cardiovascular function in healthy non-smoking women?
Social support is independently associated with reduced resting cardiovascular function in healthy women, suggesting direct psychosomatic mechanisms for cardiovascular risk reduction.
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Does not support practice change from observational data; leaves open causality and need for prospective trials in women.
Hughes et al. (2009) studied this question.
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