Castillo-Richmond, 2000
Castillo-Richmond, A.; Schneider, R. H.; Alexander, C. N.; Cook, R.; Myers, H.; Nidich, S.; Haney, C.; Rainforth, M.; and Salerno, J. Effects of stress reduction on carotid atherosclerosis in hypertensive African Americans. Stroke 31: 568–573, 2000.
Hypertensive individuals randomly assigned to learn the Transcendental Meditation program, in contrast to a health education control group, displayed significant reduction of carotid intima-media thickness over a six to nine month period.
- Year
- 2000
- Journal
- Stroke
- Publication type
- Journal
- Paper type
- Empirical
- Collected Papers
- Vol. 7, pp. 4722–4724
- Section
- Health
Findings (1)
Health—Cardiovascular
Reduced Carotid Atherosclerosis
Transcendental Meditation · Randomized controlled trial
Authors
- Robert Cook, MD
Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science, Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Chinelo Haney, MBA
Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science, Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Robert H. Schneider, MD
Maharishi University of Management, Fairfield, IA, USA
- Charles N. Alexander, PhD
Maharishi University of Management, Fairfield, IA, USA
- Sanford I. Nidich, EdD
Maharishi University of Management, Fairfield, IA, USA
- Maxwell V. Rainforth, PhD
Maharishi University of Management, Fairfield, IA, USA
- John W. Salerno, PhD
Maharishi University of Management, Fairfield, IA, USA
- Hector Myers, PhD
University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Amparo Castillo-Richmond, MD
University of Illinois, Chicago, IL, USA