What methods don't work to reduce stress

Aromatherapy and drinking may offer some relief, but they don't help the immune system deal with pressure. Clinical studies have convinced many medical experts on stress that some techniques do reduce stress, and other techniques -- such as yoga, massage and helping others -- probably work, as well, they surmise. Yoga, for example, emphasizes breathing, massage activates the relaxing properties of the parasympathetic nervous system, and helping others gets people's minds off their troubles and lifts mood. But researchers don't have enough data to be sure.

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