Health effects and scientific research

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• ADHD
  Attention deficit (hyperactivity) disorder
• Brain/neuroscience/psychoendocrinology
• Cancer
• Cardiovascular
• Corrections and rehabilitation
• Dementia
• Education and schools
• Health care utilization
• HIV
• Maharishi International University (also known as Maharishi University of Management)
• Mental health - anxiety, depression, stress
• PTSD and trauma
• Reproductive health
• Substance use, addiction
• *Comparison of meditation approaches
  Long-time TM teacher and researcher David Orme-Johnson addresses the question "Are all forms of meditation and relaxation the same?" by discussing neurophysiologic correlates of different meditation and relaxation practices and summaries of comparative randomized trials, with full citations.
• Autism spectrum disorder
• Citations
• Common Good Vermont: Consciousness & Social Policy (26 min, with summary)
  Lauren-Glenn Davitian, host of Common Good Vermont, interviews Edwards Smith M.D. about the impact of Transcendental Meditation on individual and social health. February 23, 2017
• Interview with Danish physician Dr. Charlotte Bech on medicine and TM
  "Dr. Charlotte Bech is a Danish doctor who has worked in several areas of medicine, including the field of obstetrics (with a degree from the University of Copenhagen). She is an author of several popular books on health, a columnist in national magazines and a frequent panelist at public discussions and media events."
  
  An abbreviated version of the interview is at http://www.tm.org/blog/people/an-interview-with-a-doctor-do-you-recommend-transcendental-meditation-to-your-patients/
• It Is Time to Begin Serious Efforts to Prescribe Health with Transcendental Meditation
  David O'Connell, Ph.D., December 3, 2015 My colleague, nurse practitioner and psychologist Dr. Deborah Bevvino, and I co-authored a book, “Prescribing Health : Transcendental Meditation in Contemporary Medical Care,” which was published by the international publishing house Rowman & Littlefield in June 2015. The book is directed to health care professionals and patients alike, and was inspired by the flood of important, high quality research studies on Transcendental Meditation (TM) and health coming primarily from the David Lynch Foundation over the past 5 to 10 years. As a practicing clinician in Pennsylvania and New Mexico, where I hold prescription privileges, I became frustrated because my medical, psychiatric and psychological colleagues knew very little about TM research and were not prescribing it for their patients. I wanted to put an end to that based on my own 43-year TM practice, my own mental health struggles, and the growth and development of patients I treated who learned TM.
• Levels of immune cells in Transcendental Meditation practitioners
  Levels of immune cells in transcendental meditation practitioners Infante, Jose R.; Peran, Fernando; Rayo, Juan I.; Serrano, Justo; Domínguez, Maria L.; Garcia, Lucia; Duran, Carmen; Roldan, Ana International Journal of Yoga;Jul-Dec2014, Vol. 7 Issue 2, p147
• Norman E Rosenthal - Transcendence: Healing and Transformation Through Transcendental Meditation
  Also author of The Gift of Adversity: The Unexpected Benefits of Life's Difficulties, Setbacks, and Imperfections
• Norman Rosenthal & David Lynch, "Transcendence"
  Recorded June 6, 2011 at Strand Bookstore
• Prescribing Health: Transcendental Meditation in Contemporary Medical Care (314 pgs)
  Prescribing Health: Transcendental Meditation in Contemporary Medical Care David F. O'Connell, Deborah L. Bevvino Rowman & Littlefield, Jun 11, 2015. Synopsis at http://tmhome.com/books-videos/book-review-prescribing-health-transcendental-meditation-contemporary-medical-care/
• Stress, trauma, violence
• Stress and the Developing Brain (64 min)
  Stress and the Developing Brain Applying the TM Technique to Address Autism-Spectrum Disorders, ADHD, and Other Neuropsychological Disorders of Adolescence and Young Adulthood Dr. Fred Travis and Dr. William Stixrud Host: Dr. Stuart Rothenberg (requires [free] registration to view)
• Super Mind: How to Boost Performance and Live a Richer and Happier Life Through Transcendental Meditation
  About Super Mind Dr. Norman Rosenthal—internationally acclaimed psychiatrist, researcher, educator, and author explains how Transcendental Meditation (TM) can help develop your “super mind.” The New York Times-bestselling author explores how TM permanently expands your consciousness, resulting in extraordinary success and fulfillment.
• Testimonials
• Transcendental Meditation Health Professionals Program
  When a health professional prescribes the TM technique, the patient will receive a $160 discount on the TM course fee. Free lifetime follow-up and support is included For information about TM Health Professionals, call or write to David Lonsdorf at (844) 733-3786 or info@tmhealthprofessionals.org
• Truth about TM
  Website maintained by David Orme-Johnson
• Video presentations by physicians
  Includes: The TM Technique, Stress and Self Healing (Sept. 2012), with Norman E. Rosenthal, MD The Epidemic of Physician and Nurse Burnout: Prevention and Treatment through the TM Technique (Feb. 2014), with Charles Elder, MD, MPH, FACP; Brian Rees, MD, MPH, Colonel (Ret.) Medical Corps US Army Reserve; John Zamarra, MD, FACC; and Stuart Rothenberg, MD, FAAFP Applying the TM technique in Healthcare Practice (Dec. 2013), with David Grossberg, MD, FACC; John Zamarra, MD, FACC; and Stuart Rothenberg, MD, FAAFP Transcendental Meditation, Stress and Heart Health (Jan. 2013), with Robert Schneider, MD, FACC; and Cesar Molina, MD, FACC The New Science of Meditation and Self Healing: Transcendental Meditation and Mind-Body Health - Hosted by the University of Maryland Center for Integrative Medicine in Baltimore (Nov. 2012), with Norman Rosenthal, MD; and Pamela Peeke, MD, MPH Plus others.
• What does 47 years of research tell us about the Transcendental Meditation technique?
  Dr. David Orme-Johnson gave the first talk in this years lecture series to the medical students enrolled in the TM program at Loyola Medical School in Chicago. He reviewed research showing that TM is a powerful tool for medical students and doctors alike for improving their ability to assimilate large amount of information and to reduce stress.