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Meditation May Help Heart Patients
Study says heart disease patients who practiced meditation showed improvements in blood pressure

CHICAGO, Jun. 12, 2006
By CARLA K. JOHNSON
Associated Press Writer
(AP) Heart disease patients who practiced meditation for four months showed slight improvements in blood pressure and insulin levels, a small, government-funded study found.
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Lawyers Contemplate a New Practice: Meditation

James H. Johnston
Legal Times
June 2, 2006

Before attending his first meditation session, employment lawyer Robert Waldeck told himself, "If these people are into crystals and new age, I'm out of here." That was 11 years ago. Today, Waldeck, an associate at the Washington, D.C.-based law firm of John Berry, meditates twice a week.
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Meditation Finding Converts Among Western Doctors
John Roach
for National Geographic News
February 1, 2006

Regular meditation may increase smarts and stave off aging, according to an ongoing study.

The research is one in a string of studies that suggest some time spent getting in tune with the flow of one's breathing can complement a regimen of pills, diet, and exercise. Meditation is being prescribed for stress, anxiety, infertility, skin diseases, and other ailments.
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Meditation In Schools?
Eastern Philosophy Gains Acceptance In Bay State

POSTED: 2:40 pm EDT June 5, 2006
UPDATED: 6:36 pm EDT June 5, 2006
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BOSTON -- An Eastern philosophy is gaining acceptance and popularity in Western medicine.

NewsCenter 5's Heather Unruh reported Monday that transcendental meditation is not just for hippies anymore. Studies show meditation can lower blood pressure, reduce stress, even help kids with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, and now there's a proposal to bring meditation to Massachusetts schools.
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