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Meditation
impacts Blood Pressure
Newswise —
Transcendental Meditation is an effective
treatment for controlling high blood
pressure with the added benefit of bypassing
possible side effects and hazards of
anti-hypertension drugs, according to a new
meta-analysis conducted at the University of
Kentucky. The study appears in the March
issue of the American Journal of
Hypertension.
The meta-analysis
evaluated nine randomized, controlled trials
using Transcendental Meditation as a primary
intervention for hypertensive patients. The
practice of Transcendental Meditation was
associated with approximate reductions of
4.7 mm systolic blood pressure and 3.2 mm
diastolic blood pressure.
The study's lead
author, Dr. James W. Anderson, professor of
medicine at the University of Kentucky
College of Medicine, said that blood
pressure reductions of this magnitude would
be expected to be accompanied by significant
reductions in risk for atherosclerotic
cardiovascular disease—without drug side
effects.
Anderson's most recent
findings reinforce an earlier study that
found Transcendental Meditation produces a
statistically significant reduction in high
blood pressure that was not found with other
forms of relaxation, meditation, biofeedback
or stress management.
"Adding Transcendental
Medication is about equivalent to adding a
second antihypertension agent to one's
current regimen only safer and less
troublesome," Anderson said.
The Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that
1 out of 3 American adults have high blood
pressure. Having high blood pressure
increases one's chances of developing heart
disease, stroke, congestive heart failure
and kidney disease.
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