This current study was actually based on two previous
studies that compared TM with other relaxation techniques
on groups of older white and African American subjects
suffering from pre-hypertension or mild hypertension.
The earlier studies showed TM to be a very effective method
of both reducing stress and decreasing blood pressure.
When researchers waded back into the data, they discovered
that the subjects in the TM groups had a 23% decrease
in mortality compared to subjects using other relaxation
methods. Additionally, the TM groups enjoyed a 30% decrease
in cardiovascular risk and a whopping 49% reduced cancer
risk. Yet one more reason to dust off that mantra.
This study was based on research conducted at Harvard,
the University of Iowa, the Medical College of Georgia,
and the Center for Natural Medicine and Prevention at
Maharishi University.
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