Healthy fish

[Pizazz]

I have heard this is an article that discusses aquariums and lower blood pressure. I am not sure this is my experience ;) but think it would be a great article to show my husband. I have tried googling, but can't find it. Anyone know of an article or 2?

- Or anyone want to write one? JK

[Yves Nobleza]

I've heard the same...doc's are actually suggesting that hypertensive patients keep tanks because the calming effects lower b.p. I guess it couldn't hurt....and yet another another reason to hide what we really spend on these systems to our spouses ;)

[Tim Marvin]

It only lowers your BP if your wife likes the tank also. Otherwise it will raise your BP.
P.S. If your husband doesn't like the tank he'll find something else to do...LOL.....

[Pizazz]

He likes the tanks, especially since he only "helps" when I am out of town. But I think the article would be really good info to have lying around ;-) . Never know when Santa might need ideas!

[Instar]

Copied from an ad web site about Aquarium TV:
Gaze at the rare beauty and miraculous colors of tropical fish from exotic waters. Clinical tests have proven that observing tropical fish for as little as twenty minutes can lower blood pressure. here's a way to view them realistically - right down to the soothing sound of bubbles.

http://www.holistic-online.com/stress/stress_pet-therapy.htm

Katcher, Friedmann, Beck and Lynch (1983) also investigated the change of blood pressure in participants. They measured the blood pressure of participants as they watched tropical fish in an aquarium. They reported that watching the tropical fish lowered blood pressure to levels below that produced by resting in a chair.

According to Katcher and Beck, who together wrote Between People and Pets (G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1983), there are two primary mechanisms by which interacting with a pet helps people. Mechanism A is that pets draw a person's attention outward and stop "destructive rumination." A 1984 University of Pennsylvania study found that watching tropical fish in an aquarium is as effective as hypnosis in relieving anxiety in people about to undergo dental surgery. By focusing on the fish, the patients turn their attention away from the impending surgery, substantially relieving their pre-treatment fears, says Beck.

Another study by University of Minnesota researchers conducted in 1986 suggests that the presence of gerbils, finches and/or fish in the waiting rooms of family physicians helps calm children who are anxious about seeing a doctor.

In one study, people who were awaiting oral surgery spent a few minutes before the surgery watching a tank of tropical fish. Their stress level at the time of surgery was found to be less than those who had not watched the tropical fish, as measured by the patients' blood pressure, muscle tension and behavior.

A couple weeks ago I had my pulse recored at 49 in the middle of the day. I told them not to worry thats what it may run.
I have fish in a beautiful reef tank.

Hope this helps...

[Instar]

MRI? You okay Josh?

[reefer]

i'm still amzed you walked away from that accident. did the doc say how long that dizziness would last?