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In Oprah Winfrey’s most recent “What I Know for Sure” column in the February 2012 issue of O Magazine, she talks about her experiences with the Transcendental Meditation program and her visit to Fairfield, Iowa, the home of… Read more

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Post image for “Half of all Americans will suffer from mental health woes” –CDC Report

As important as our physical health is, our mental health is even more important. It colors our perception of our health and our environment. It has been said: “The world is as we are,” and if we are caught in the depths of depression or overwhelmed by anxiety, it is as if our entire world… Read More

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Post image for New study: TM Reduces Health Care Costs by 28%

For the average American family of four, the total cost of health care each year is now a whopping $19,393—more than double what it was nine years ago… Read More

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Post image for Can Transcendental Meditation help those suffering from diabetes?

Endocrinologist Sandeep Chaudhary, M.D., and cardiologists Robert Schneider, M.D., and César Molina, M.D., answer questions about effects of the Transcendental Meditation technique on Type 2 diabetes.Read more

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Post image for Veterans Show a 50% Reduction in PTSD Symptoms After 8 Weeks of Transcendental Meditation

Veterans of the Iraq/Afghanistan wars showed a 50 percent reduction in their symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after just eight weeks of practicing the stress-reducing…
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Post image for Getting in the “zone”- Can Transcendental Meditation help?

Whether you just love the game of football and look forward to a game of pick-up with friends on a Saturday afternoon or you are an elite athlete on a pro- or college-level team, you want fast reflexes and an even quicker mind. You want the incredible, almost magical satisfaction of playing in the “zone.” Read more

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Post image for National Institutes of Health spotlights TM research

A recent study found daily Transcendental Meditation practice helps young adults decrease psychological stress and increase coping ability. For a group of students at high risk for developing hypertension, these changes also were associated with decreases in blood pressure. See video post

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Dr. Oz

Mehmet Oz, M.D. is “America’s Doctor.” He is host of the nationally syndicated, top-rated “Dr. Oz Show”, as well as vice chair and professor of surgery at Columbia University in New York City where he performs more than 300 heart operations a year. Dr. Oz authored five New York Times bestsellers Read more

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Helping African American women with diabetes

by Dr. Carolyn King April 8, 2010
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African American women with diabetes greatly reduced their stress levels and improved their condition of “dyslipidemia” through the practice of the Transcendental Meditation technique, according to a first-ever study we presented during the American Public Health Association’s Annual Meeting and Exposition in Philadelphia last November. Read more

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