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- American Heart Association scientific statements and clinical practice guidelines
Includes statements from 2025, 2017, and 2013
- Acute Effects of Transcendental Meditation on Hemodynamic Functioning in Middle-Aged Adults
Acute Effects of Transcendental Meditation on Hemodynamic Functioning in Middle-Aged Adults Vernon A. Barnes, Frank A. Treiber, J. Rick Turner, Harry Davis, and William B. Strong. Psychosom Med. 1999 Jul-Aug; 61(4): 525–531
- Cardiovascular Disease Prevention and Health Promotion with the Transcendental Meditation Program and Maharishi Consciousness-Based Health Care
Cardiovascular Disease Prevention and Health Promotion with the Transcendental Meditation Program and Maharishi Consciousness-Based Health Care Robert H. Schneider, Kenneth G. Walton, John W. Salerno, and Sanford I. Nidich. Ethnicity and Disease 2006;16(3 Suppl 4):S4-15-26. Also at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2267926/pdf/nihms35946.pdf
- Transcendental meditation for the prevention of cardiovascular disease. Cochrane review, 1 Dec 2014 (Dr. Robert Schneider explains the new approach to tackling heart disease
TM Home, June 14, 2017 Dr. Robert Schneider’s career of paradigm shifting work has been centered on preventing disease and promoting health naturally. Hence the series of studies on Transcendental Meditation which Dr. Schneider and his colleagues have conducted to uncover how to effectively tackle heart disease.
- Effects of a Randomized Controlled Trial of Transcendental Meditation on Components of the Metabolic Syndrome in Subjects With Coronary Heart Disease
Effects of a Randomized Controlled Trial of Transcendental Meditation on Components of the Metabolic Syndrome in Subjects With Coronary Heart Disease Maura Paul-Labrador, Donna Polk, James H. Dwyer, Ivan Velasquez, Sanford Nidich, Maxwell Rainforth; Robert Schneider, C. Noel Bairey Merz. Arch Intern Med. 2006;166(11):1218-1224
- Interview with Robert D. Brook, MD Chair of the AHA Comittee that wrote the report “Beyond Medications and Diet—Alternative Approaches to Lowering Blood Pressure: A Scientific Statement from the American Heart Association”
Includes 90-minute video of a presentation by Robert Brook, who chaired the American Heart Association committee.
- Psychosocial Stress and Cardiovascular Disease Part 2: Effectiveness of the Transcendental Meditation Program in Treatment and Prevention
Psychosocial Stress and Cardiovascular Disease Part 2: Effectiveness of the Transcendental Meditation Program in Treatment and Prevention Kenneth G. Walton, Robert H. Schneider, Sanford I. Nidich, John W. Salemo, Cheryl K. Nordstrom, C. Noel Bairey Merz. Behavioral Medicine 2002;28(3):106-123
- Robert Schneider et al. - Stress Reduction in the Secondary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease
Stress Reduction in the Secondary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease Randomized, Controlled Trial of Transcendental Meditation and Health Education in Blacks Robert H. Schneider, MD, FACC, Clarence E. Grim, MD, Maxwell V. Rainforth, PhD, Theodore Kotchen, MD, Sanford I. Nidich, EdD, Carolyn Gaylord-King, PhD, John W. Salerno, PhD, Jane Morley Kotchen, MD, MPH and Charles N. Alexander, PhD Abstract Background—Blacks have disproportionately high rates of cardiovascular disease. Psychosocial stress may contribute to this disparity. Previous trials on stress reduction with the Transcendental Meditation (TM) program have reported improvements in cardiovascular disease risk factors, surrogate end points, and mortality in blacks and other populations. Methods and Results—This was a randomized, controlled trial of 201 black men and women with coronary heart disease who were randomized to the TM program or health education. The primary end point was the composite of all-cause mortality, myocardial infarction, or stroke. Secondary end points included the composite of cardiovascular mortality, revascularizations, and cardiovascular hospitalizations; blood pressure; psychosocial stress factors; and lifestyle behaviors. During an average follow-up of 5.4 years, there was a 48% risk reduction in the primary end point in the TM group (hazard ratio, 0.52; 95% confidence interval, 0.29–0.92; P=0.025). The TM group also showed a 24% risk reduction in the secondary end point (hazard ratio, 0.76; 95% confidence interval, 0.51–0.1.13; P=0.17). There were reductions of 4.9 mmHg in systolic blood pressure (95% confidence interval −8.3 to –1.5 mmHg; P=0.01) and anger expression (P<0.05 for all scales). Adherence was associated with survival. Conclusions—A selected mind–body intervention, the TM program, significantly reduced risk for mortality, myocardial infarction, and stroke in coronary heart disease patients. These changes were associated with lower blood pressure and psychosocial stress factors. Therefore, this practice may be clinically useful in the secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease.
- Sanford Nidich et al. - A Randomized Controlled Trial on Effects of the Transcendental Meditation Program on Blood Pressure, Psychological Distress, and Coping in Young Adults
Am J Hypertens. 2009 Dec; 22(12): 1326–1331. PMCID: PMC3128829, NIHMSID: NIHMS163279 A Randomized Controlled Trial on Effects of the Transcendental Meditation Program on Blood Pressure, Psychological Distress, and Coping in Young Adults Sanford I. Nidich, Maxwell V. Rainforth, David A.F. Haaga, John Hagelin, John W. Salerno, Fred Travis, Melissa Tanner, Carolyn Gaylord-King, Sarina Grosswald, and Robert H. Schneider
- Shanti Duran mani etc el. - Effects of Lifestyle Modification on Telomerase Gene Expression in Hypertensive Patients: A Pilot Trial of Stress Reduction and Health Education Programs in African Americans
Effects of Lifestyle Modification on Telomerase Gene Expression in Hypertensive Patients: A Pilot Trial of Stress Reduction and Health Education Programs in African Americans Shanthi Duraimani, Robert H. Schneider, Otelio S. Randall, Sanford I. Nidich, Shichen Xu, Muluemebet Ketete, Maxwell A. Rainforth, Carolyn Gaylord-King, John W. Salerno, John Fagan PLOS ONE, November 16, 2015, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0142689
- Transcendental meditation for the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease
Louise Hartley, Angelique Mavrodaris, Nadine Flowers, Edzard Ernst, Karen Rees. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2014, Issue 12. Art. No.: CD010359. We identified four trials (four papers) (430 participants) for inclusion in this review.
- Numerous articles on blood pressure, e.g. Z Bai, J Chang, C Chen, P Li, K Yang and I Chi. Investigating the effect of transcendental meditation on blood pressure: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Human Hypertension (12 February 2015) (abstract)
- Transcendental Meditation for Women's Heart Health
- Transcending Heart Disease: Transcendental Meditation Improves Heart Health.
Video by Dr. Suzanne Steinbaum, Director of Women's Heart Health at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City (6 min)