b'A 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 C A R D I O V A S C U L A R D I S E A S E A N D R I S K F A C T O R SIMPROVEDThirty-five adolescents with resting blood pressure between CARDIOVASCULARthe 85th and 95th percentile for their age and gender were FUNCTIONINGrandomly assigned to either Transcendental Meditation (TM) AT REST AND INor health education (HE) control groups, with a two-month REACTION TOintervention period. The TM group exhibited a significant STRESSORS INdecrease in resting systolic blood pressure (SBP) compared to ADOLESCENTScontrols. Greater decreases in blood pressure, heart rate, and AT-RISK FORcardiac output reactivity to stressors were further observed.HYPERTENSIONRESEARCH FIELD SITE: Georgia Health Sciences University, Journal of PsychosomaticAugusta, GAResearch, 2001, 51, 597-605 Supported in Part by National Institutes of Health Grant HL62976REDUCED LEFT- Sixty-two African American adolescents with high normal VENTRICULARsystolic blood pressure were randomly assigned to either MASS INDEX ANDTranscendental Meditation (TM) or health education (HE) MAINTAINED BODY- groups. The study included a four-month intervention period MASS INDEX plus four-month follow-up. Results showed a significant Evidence-Baseddecrease in left-ventricular mass index (LVMI) after four Complementary andmonths, which was maintained at four-month follow-up. TM Alternative Medicine, 2012,adolescents also exhibited less of an increase in body mass doi:10.1155/2012/923153 index (BMI) compared to controls at four-month follow-up. RESEARCH FIELD SITE: Georgia Health Sciences University, Augusta, GASupported in Part by National Heart Lung and Blood Institute Grant HL62976, HL0566231'