ABSTRACT Introduction Trial evidence in older adults with hypertension suggests that meditation may lower mortality, but this association has not been tested in a nationally representative study with linked-mortality data. This study estimated meditation–mortality associations among US adults, examined variation by family income, and synthesized trial and survey evidence for the population...
We aimed to assess the association between meditation practice and cognitive function over time among middle-aged and older adults. We included Health and Retirement Study (HRS) participants assessed for meditation practice in the year 2000 as part of the HRS alternative medicine module (n = 1,160) and were followed up for outcomes over 2000-2016 period. We examined the association between...