研究表明，冥想影响血压

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Meditation impacts blood pressure, study shows
Transcendental Meditation is an effective treatment for controlling high blood pressure with the added benefit of bypassing possible side effects and hazards of anti-hypertension drugs, according to a new meta-analysis conducted at the University of Kentucky. The study appears in the March issue of the American Journal of Hypertension.
肯塔基大学组织的新meta-分析结果表明，冥思是一种有效的控制高血压的手段，从而避免了降压药的可能的不良反应和风险。该项研究结果发表在三月份的美国高血压杂志上。
The meta-analysis evaluated nine randomized, controlled trials using Transcendental Meditation as a primary intervention for hypertensive patients. The practice of Transcendental Meditation was associated with approximate reductions of 4.7 mm systolic blood pressure and 3.2 mm diastolic blood pressure.
meta-分析评价了九组随机对照试验，试验中高血压病人以冥思作为主要的干预手段。结果表明，接近4.7mm的收缩压下降和3.2mm的舒张压下降与冥思有关。
The study's lead author, Dr. James W. Anderson, professor of medicine at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine, said that blood pressure reductions of this magnitude would be expected to be accompanied by significant reductions in risk for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease—without drug side effects.
研究带头人，肯塔基大学医学院医学教授Anderson博士说，此一数量级的血压下降有望明显降低冠心病的风险，而且没有药物的副作用。
Anderson's most recent findings reinforce an earlier study that found Transcendental Meditation produces a statistically significant reduction in high blood pressure that was not found with other forms of relaxation, meditation, biofeedback or stress management.
Anderson的最新发现进一步印证了早期的研究结果即冥思能够明显降低血压，而其他形式如放松、思考或者施压等则没有出现同样的效果。
\"Adding Transcendental Medication is about equivalent to adding a second antihypertension agent to one's current regimen only safer and less troublesome,\" Anderson said.
Anderson说，在现行的治疗方案中引入冥思治疗差不多和引入第二种降压药效果相当，且更安全，麻烦少。
Source: University of Kentucky
来源：肯塔基大学


冥想的形式包括瑜伽、气功、太极拳和佛教的打坐等。Transcendental Meditation是其中的一种形式