A study showed that women who take vacations are less depressed and the benefits of lowering blood pressure are astounding.

You do not always need medicine to lower your blood pressure. By making some lifestyle changes, you can lower your blood pressure and reduce your risk of heart disease.

Lifestyle plays an important role in controlling high blood pressure. If you treat your blood pressure with a healthy lifestyle, you can avoid, delay or reduce the need for medication.

Lowering your blood pressure can pay off in significant reductions in your risk of strokes and heart attacks, regardless of your age and even if your readings are already in the normal range.

Women who take vacations are less depressed and less tired and men at risk for heart disease are less likely to die from the disease when they take vacations, according to a 2005 study published in the Wisconsin Medical Journal.