National Institutes
American Medical Association Research on TM technique reported in AMA journal 
American Psychological Association Conference presentations on the TM technique 
American College of Cardiology Symposium highlights TM research | Stress Reduction | 20 May 2008 |
| Transcendental Meditation Is An Effective Stress Reduction Technique by Dr. Schneider | |
Dr. Robert Schneider, M.D., F.A.C.C., F.A.B.M.R., is an NIH-funded medical researcher and author of Total Heart Health: How to Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease with the Maharishi Vedic Approach to Health (Basic Health Publications, 2006). Here he answers questions on cardiovascular disease and its risk factors.
Q: One of the major risk factors for cardiovascular disease is stress. How does the Transcendental Meditation technique change the way we react to stress?
Dr. Schneider: How we react to stress is based on the brain responses to stress in our environment. And that affects the rest of