What’s the evidence?
More than 380 peer-reviewed research studies on the TM
technique have been published in over 160 scientific journals. These studies
were conducted at many US and international universities and research centers,
including Harvard Medical School, Stanford Medical School, Yale Medical School,
and UCLA Medical School.
Highlights of recent published studies:
- Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes,
November 2012, a journal of the American Heart Association: 5-year
randomized controlled study on patients with established coronary heart
disease reported a 48% reduction in death, heart attack, and stroke in
subjects in the TM group compared to controls.
- Hypertension, June 2013, American Heart Association
scientific statement, concluded that the TM technique is the only
meditation practice that has been shown to lower blood pressure and
recommends that TM may be considered in clinical practice for the
prevention and treatment of hypertension.
- Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine,
October 2013: Meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) foundsignificantly
greater effect of TM in reducing trait anxiety than
treatment-as-usual and other alternative treatments, including
mindfulness-based therapy (MBT) and other meditation and relaxation
practices.
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