{
  "id": 9844278,
  "title": "Virtual reality and classical music help to reduce blood pressure in patients in emergency department",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/25/virtual-reality-and-classical-music-help-to-reduce-blood-pressure-in",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-09-25T22:00:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Medical Xpress",
    "slug": "medical-xpress",
    "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-09-virtual-reality-classical-music-blood.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A study presented at the European Emergency Medicine Congress suggests that virtual reality (VR) combined with classical music can help lower blood pressure and reduce anxiety in patients with hypertensive urgency in emergency departments. Researchers found that this combination was more effective than standard medication alone.",
  "summary": "A virtual reality landscape of a flowing river and trees, accompanied by classical music, can significantly reduce patients' blood pressure within 15 minutes of being seen in an emergency department.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}