With 9-year American study revealing that 20 minutes of meditation performed twice daily can lower the risk of heart attacks and strokes in patients with cardiovascular disease, doctors here offer complementary meditation and yoga packages, along with routine heart and BP drugs.
The study, authored by College of Maharishi Consciousness Based Health Care dean Robert Schneider, investigated for nine years subjects diagnosed with early stage cardiovascular disease.
Half the group was taught ‘transcendal meditation’ that involves repeating a word or phrase over and over again (usually ‘Om’), while performing soothing breathing exercises.
At the end of the study period, those who regularly meditated had reduced their chances of dying or having a heart attack or stroke by 47 per cent compared with those who received traditional care.
The study, funded by the National Institute of Health, is expected to be printed soon in the Archives of Internal Medicine. (MORE)
Source: Deccan Chronicle
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