--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com <mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> , "sparaig" <lengli...@...> wrote: > > http://www.excellenceinaction.globalgoodnews.com/2009/09-june/june2.html <http://www.excellenceinaction.globalgoodnews.com/2009/09-june/june2.htm\ l> > > > > Study Shows Improved Heart Structure in Teens > by Global Good News staff writer > 2 June 2009 > > Black adolescents at risk for hypertension as adults improved their > heart structure through daily practice of the Transcendental Meditation > technique, according to findings presented recently at the annual > meeting of the > Society of Behavioral Medicine in Montreal. > > A study of 62 inner-city black adolescents in Augusta, Georgia, with > high-normal blood pressure showed that those who practiced the > Transcendental Meditation technique for 15 minutes twice a day > reduced their risk of future heart failure by decreasing the size of the > main pumping chamber of their hearts, according to Vernon A. Barnes, > physiologist at the Medical College of Georgia and 1996 Ph.D. graduate > of Maharishi University of Management. > > After practicing the Transcendental Meditation technique for eight months, > they showed a significant decrease in left ventricular mass compared > to an increase in controls who participated in health education classes. > > "If this benefit could be maintained into adulthood, one could significantly > reduce risk for cardiovascular implications," Dr. Barnes said. "Left > ventricular hypertrophy is one of the earliest events in the development > of cardiovascular diseases. This is not a problem that occurs suddenly > at older age, but seems to develop at a much younger age than > previously thought." > > The research of Dr. Barnes and his colleagues at the Georgia Prevention > Institute was supported by funding from the National Heart, Lung and > Blood Institute.>>
Nice. thanks for posting this sparaig, very significant. The physical heart is the seat of so much more than pumping blood around the system. OffWorld
