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Updated: 3:26 PM Nov 23, 2009
Health Matters: Transcendental Meditation
Find out how meditation could save your life.
Posted: 3:26 PM Nov 23, 2009Reporter: Triston Sanders-Medical Anchor Email Address: triston.sanders@wctv.tv |
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November 23, 2009
New research finds heart disease patients who practice transcendental meditation experience are less likely to die.
Researchers from the Medical College of Wisconsin and the Maharish University in Iowa randomly assigned about 200 African Americans to either meditate or make lifestyle changes.
After 9 years the meditation group saw a 47% reduction in deaths, heart attacks and strokes.
The meditation group also saw a drop in blood pressure and psychological stress in some participants.
But the lifestyle change group saw little difference, many of them did not change.
Doctors say research should be expanded and include other ethnic groups to further see how transcendental meditation affects heart patients.
They presented the findings at the American Heart Association's meeting.
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