WITHDRAWN: Transcendental meditation for the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease.
The Cochrane database of systematic reviews November 15, 2017 Louise Hartley, Angelique Mavrodaris, Nadine Flowers et al.
A Cochrane review assessed whether transcendental meditation (TM) prevents cardiovascular disease (CVD) in healthy adults or those at high risk. Four small, short-term randomized trials (430 participants) met inclusion criteria; TM was practiced 15–20 minutes twice daily. No trial reported clinical events, blood lipids, diabetes, adverse events, costs, or quality of life. Blood pressure results were too heterogeneous for meta-analysis. The authors conclude that current evidence is insufficient to determine TM's effectiveness for primary CVD prevention, and they call for larger, longer, higher-quality trials.