Depression
Transcendental Meditation Can Help
Published in Heart Disease Weekly, April 1st, 2007
In this high-tech age of modern medicine, could it be possible to treat the leading cause of death in the U.S. through the power of meditation' According to a first-of-its-kind randomized study conducted by researchers from the University of Pennsylvania’s Division of Geriatric Medicine, a widely practiced, stress-reducing meditation technique can significantly reduce the severity of congestive heart failure. The study appears in the Winter 2007 issue of Ethnicity & Disease.
“The results of this study indicate that transcendental meditation can be effective in improving the functional capacity and quality of life of congestive heart failure patients” said Ravishankar...
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