b'tA D V A N C I N G I N N O V A T I O N S I N H E A L T H C A R E P O L I C Y 16PILOT STUDIES ANDPHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIALSPREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED ONTRANSCENDENTAL MEDITATIONT he National Institutes of Health and the Department of Defense have granted more than $35 million over the past 30 years to study the effects of the Transcendental Meditation program on cardiovascular disease and its risk factors, PTSD, and other chronic conditions. The following is a summary of findings from 16 published studies.25'