[FairfieldLife] Re: NIH provides $ 1 million for new study
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jst...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, raunchydog raunchydog@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@ wrote: snip The TMO is now publishing research in UFO journals. No, it isn't. Vaj is lying. Geez, Judy you caught Vaj in three whopper in a row. Jackpot! I *do* not understand the liar's mentality, especially that of the casual, reflexive liars like Vaj and Barry. snip Speaking of Vaj's endless stream of casual lies, I came across one by accident the other day when I was looking through the archives for something else. It's in his post #226539 of August 4, 2009: That they have members of the TM Org scouring the web has been known for some time. For example, I've heard a number of people comment that TM org plants and volunteers have for a long time taken control of all Wikipedia articles related to TM or the Maharishi. While there are TMers who work on editing the TM- related Wikipedia articles, and it's certainly not impossible they've been assigned to do so by the TMO, it's also just as likely they're doing so on their own hook. But as I pointed out at the time, that they've taken control of the editing process is a flat-out lie. Anybody can check that for themselves; the editing process for every Wikipedia article takes place in the Discussion and Talk sections, which you can access at the top of the article page. All edits are recorded in the History section, likewise available at the top of the page. What you'll find (as I noted in my original response to Vaj's post) is extensive and largely cordial *interaction* among TMers, neutral parties (sometimes including Wikipedia editorial administrators), and TM critics as they work on hammering out a consensus about an article. It's quite impossible for anyone to take control of the process; it simply wouldn't be permitted. This is what I had missed the first time around, the last sentence of the paragraph quoted above: One is even alleged to be a certain editor. At the time, I thought Vaj meant that one of the Wikipedia editorial administrators was alleged to be a TMer. I doubt that's the case, but I have no knowledge either way, so I didn't comment specifically. Now I realize I had misread what he was saying. Vaj was suggesting that *I*--a certain editor--was one of the people who had taken control of the Wikipedia TM-related articles. In fact, the only person who alleges that is Vaj, and he has *zero* basis for saying so. His allegation is made up out of whole cloth solely for the purpose of sliming me. I have never participated in editing a TM-related Wikipedia article (or any other Wikipedia article, for that matter, with the exception of a very minor bit of copy editing some years ago that I did on impulse; I don't even remember what that article was about, but it wasn't anything TM-related). So just one more reflexive, casual, gratuitous lie from Vaj to add to the accumulating steaming pile.
[FairfieldLife] Re: NIH provides $ 1 million for new study
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ShempMcGurk shempmcg...@... wrote: Big deal. Even if, as a result of the research study, it comes out as a positive thing to do TM, who trusts the TMO anymore? Heck, I'm a 36 year regular meditator and even I don't trust their research... You don't trust Columbia University Medical Center either ? You seem to need a checking ! --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@ wrote: NIH grants $1 million to study whether Transcendental Meditation can prevent future heart attacks in CHD patients /news/20091107/NIH-grants-241-million-to-study-whether-Transcendental-M\ editation-can-prevent-future-heart-attacks-in-CHD-patients.aspx 7. november 2009 00:01NIH/National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute provides $1 million for new study at Columbia University Medical Center The National Institutes of Health's National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute will fund a $1 million collaborative study by the Center for Natural Medicine and Prevention at Maharishi University of Management Research Institute and Columbia University Medical Center to determine whether the stress-reducing Transcendental Meditation technique can help patients with coronary heart disease (CHD) prevent future heart attacks /health/What-is-a-Heart-Attack.aspx , strokes and death. The 12-week Randomized Controlled Trial of Stress Reduction in the Secondary Prevention of Coronary Heart Disease in African Americans, will be conducted at Columbia University Medical Center in New York City. The trial will examine 56 patients who have had a heart attack /health/What-is-a-Heart-Attack.aspx or bypass surgery, angioplasty, or chronic angina. For decades, stress has been implicated in the cause and progression of heart disease, said Robert Schneider, M.D., F.A.C.C., lead author and director of the NIH-funded Center for Natural Medicine and Prevention. And while standard cardiac rehabilitation usually includes supervised exercise and lifestyle education, it does not usually include a formal stress reduction program. Now, for the first time, this study will evaluate whether adding stress reduction through the Transcendental Meditation technique to conventional cardiac rehabilitation will aid in the treatment of serious CHD compared to conventional cardiac rehabilitation alone, Dr. Schneider said. Patients will be carefully evaluated before and after the study for changes in their coronary artery disease with the most advanced noninvasive methods for measuring cardiac function-PET or positron emission tomography. According to Sabahat Bokhari, MD, Director of Nuclear Cardiology at Columbia University Medical Center and study co-director, PET is an innovative imaging technology that allows us to visually and non-invasively study blood flow to the heart. With this state-of-the-art technology, doctors can now measure the blood flow to the heart and thus quantify the full impact of stress reduction on CHD. The NIH funding allocation is part of the Obama Administration's American Reinvestment and Recovery Act-or economic stimulus bill. Competition for the funding was fierce with more than 20,000 applications for the Challenge Grants category and only 840 awarded. In the current climate of health care reform, the purpose of this grant is to find more effective treatments for heart disease and thereby find more effective ways to reduce health care costs, Dr. Schneider said. The NHLBI's Recovery Act funds will make it possible to evaluate Transcendental Meditation as a promising tool in helping to prevent heart attacks /health/What-is-a-Heart-Attack.aspx , strokes, and death related to coronary events. This is worthwhile research since we know that strong emotional stress can lead to conditions such as arrhythmia and hypertension, said NHLBI Director Elizabeth Nabel, M.D. Results from several earlier trials on the Transcendental Meditation program found reductions in risk factors for heart disease, such as hypertension, psychological stress, insulin resistance, and build-up of atherosclerosis in the arteries, with indications of reduced mortality from heart disease. This newly funded study will directly evaluate coronary artery disease and continue to examine the potential of meditation for improvements in cardiovascular health. * Coronary heart disease (CHD) is the leading cause of death in the United States * There are nearly 1.5 million heart attacks /health/What-is-a-Heart-Attack.aspx per year in the US, according the American Heart Association * An American will suffer a heart attack /health/What-is-a-Heart-Attack.aspx every 34 seconds * Coronary heart disease is also the leading cause of soaring health care costs; more than $475 billion spent annually on treating CHD, including
[FairfieldLife] Re: NIH provides $ 1 million for new study
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jst...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@ wrote: snip Schneider has a history of TM research quackery. No, he doesn't. Vaj is lying. Fulltime and as usual.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: NIH provides $ 1 million for new study
On Nov 7, 2009, at 9:34 PM, ShempMcGurk wrote: Fortunately no serious person on the planet puts your opinion over published scientific research. Why should they? I'm not a scientist. One reason they'd have for taking you seriously is because you're both a TM teacher and an MIU grad, and therefore you're the most likely to be biased and to stand behind their research, like a True Believer would. So when you produce a clearly dissenting opinion, it tends to make one raise their eyebrows. Why would someone so invested in an org and a product go against them? One's forced to consider that because of your insight and closeness, you may know what you're talking about and just be a person not afraid to be honest about their opinion.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: NIH provides $ 1 million for new study
On Nov 7, 2009, at 10:24 PM, dhamiltony2k5 wrote: The NIH funding allocation is part of the Obama Administration's American Reinvestment and Recovery Act-or economic stimulus bill. Competition for the funding was fierce with more than 20,000 applications for the Challenge Grants category and only 840 awarded. In the current climate of health care reform, the purpose of this grant is to find more effective treatments for heart disease and thereby find more effective ways to reduce health care costs, Dr. Schneider said. The NHLBI's Recovery Act funds will make it possible to evaluate Transcendental Meditation Really, as part of the recovery, aren't there more cost effective ways of bringing something like this meditation to people? Teach it in hospitals everywhere for free for people who are hurting in some way. ...oops, that's already being done!
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: NIH provides $ 1 million for new study
On Nov 7, 2009, at 10:24 PM, raunchydog wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, dhamiltony2k5 dhamiltony...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ShempMcGurk shempmcgurk@ wrote: Big deal. Even if, as a result of the research study, it comes out as a positive thing to do TM, who trusts the TMO anymore? Heck, I'm a 36 year regular meditator and even I don't trust their research... Shemp, if the research is positive and proves conclusively it helps people with CHD, what's not to trust? The research? You're not making any sense. Typically RD it's the methodology, the lack of appropriate controls, inherent bias (research performed by TB's) and lack of a serious null hypothesis that dooms TM research.
[FairfieldLife] Re: NIH provides $ 1 million for new study
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: On Nov 7, 2009, at 9:34 PM, ShempMcGurk wrote: Fortunately no serious person on the planet puts your opinion over published scientific research. Why should they? I'm not a scientist. One reason they'd have for taking you seriously is because you're both a TM teacher and an MIU grad, and therefore you're the most likely to be biased and to stand behind their research, like a True Believer would. So when you produce a clearly dissenting opinion, it tends to make one raise their eyebrows. Why would someone so invested in an org and a product go against them? Published research v. Shemp's OPINION? Really? Once again Vaj raises the eyebrows of discerning people while spouting utter nonsense. Why would Vaj, a person invested in trashing all things TM, urge Shemp to make a fool of himself? Ya gotta wonder. It doesn't matter whether or not someone has an axe to grind on the TMO, OPINIONS v. facts don't stand a chance. Shemp's right. He's not a scientist and neither is Vaj for that matter. One's forced to consider that because of your insight and closeness, you may know what you're talking about and just be a person not afraid to be honest about their opinion.
[FairfieldLife] Re: NIH provides $ 1 million for new study
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: snip Typically RD it's the methodology, the lack of appropriate controls, inherent bias (research performed by TB's) and lack of a serious null hypothesis that dooms TM research. However, since the co-director of the study is also the director of nuclear cardiology at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center, with a reputation to uphold, it seems rather unlikely that this study would be allowed to follow such a pattern. (The null hypothesis, BTW, is that stress reduction via TM will not be shown to increase blood flow to the heart in cardiac patients as measured by PET scan.)
[FairfieldLife] Re: NIH provides $ 1 million for new study
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: On Nov 7, 2009, at 9:34 PM, ShempMcGurk wrote: Fortunately no serious person on the planet puts your opinion over published scientific research. Why should they? I'm not a scientist. One reason they'd have for taking you seriously is because you're both a TM teacher and an MIU grad, and therefore you're the most likely to be biased and to stand behind their research, like a True Believer would. So when you produce a clearly dissenting opinion, it tends to make one raise their eyebrows. Unless, of course, they happened to know that Shemp has less than zero investment in the TMO. Why would someone so invested in an org and a product go against them? Maybe because, not being a scientist, they've been misled by unscrupulous critics about the quality of TM research on, say, an Internet forum?
[FairfieldLife] Re: NIH provides $ 1 million for new study
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, raunchydog raunchy...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@ wrote: snip The TMO is now publishing research in UFO journals. No, it isn't. Vaj is lying. Geez, Judy you caught Vaj in three whopper in a row. Jackpot! I *do* not understand the liar's mentality, especially that of the casual, reflexive liars like Vaj and Barry. Maybe if they never got caught at it and it gave them some advantage, it would make sense; but these two are such incompetent liars they get caught at it *all the time*. What on earth is the point? Does it give them some sort of charge to lie? Is it a thrill? Is it a self-destructive urge, a subconscious impulse to demonstrate what inadequate human beings they are? I mean, they must be getting some kind of powerful internal reinforcement that makes them feel either good or less bad, regardless of the fact they aren't getting any external reinforcement. Does it have to do with upbringing? Did their parents constantly lie to them? Did they have to constantly lie to their parents to avoid brutal treatment or withdrawal of love? Do they suffer private guilt for lying but are compelled to do it anyway? It really does seem as though it must be an issue of psychic survival. Is reality so unpleasant, so intolerable, to them that the only way they can make it through the day is to pretend things are otherwise than they are? Do they actually *believe* their own lies? How do they reconcile their dishonesty with their spiritual values? How in the *heck* can you feel you've made your case in a discussion if you've had to lie to do it? I just find the whole syndrome deeply mysterious.
[FairfieldLife] Re: NIH provides $ 1 million for new study
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jst...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@ wrote: On Nov 7, 2009, at 9:34 PM, ShempMcGurk wrote: Fortunately no serious person on the planet puts your opinion over published scientific research. Why should they? I'm not a scientist. One reason they'd have for taking you seriously is because you're both a TM teacher and an MIU grad, and therefore you're the most likely to be biased and to stand behind their research, like a True Believer would. So when you produce a clearly dissenting opinion, it tends to make one raise their eyebrows. Unless, of course, they happened to know that Shemp has less than zero investment in the TMO. [snip] Judy, I've posted I don't know how many times my feelings towards the TMO and how they've conducted themselves through the years (particularly as it pertains to marketing their scientific research). And many of those posts have been directed specifically to Vaj. Yet he insists upon seeing me through his stereotypical TM TBer glasses and paint me with one broad brush. So, what can I do other than ignore him?
[FairfieldLife] Re: NIH provides $ 1 million for new study
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jst...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, raunchydog raunchydog@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@ wrote: snip The TMO is now publishing research in UFO journals. No, it isn't. Vaj is lying. Geez, Judy you caught Vaj in three whopper in a row. Jackpot! I *do* not understand the liar's mentality, especially that of the casual, reflexive liars like Vaj and Barry. Maybe if they never got caught at it and it gave them some advantage, it would make sense; but these two are such incompetent liars they get caught at it *all the time*. What on earth is the point? Does it give them some sort of charge to lie? Is it a thrill? Is it a self-destructive urge, a subconscious impulse to demonstrate what inadequate human beings they are? I mean, they must be getting some kind of powerful internal reinforcement that makes them feel either good or less bad, regardless of the fact they aren't getting any external reinforcement. Does it have to do with upbringing? Did their parents constantly lie to them? Did they have to constantly lie to their parents to avoid brutal treatment or withdrawal of love? Do they suffer private guilt for lying but are compelled to do it anyway? It really does seem as though it must be an issue of psychic survival. Is reality so unpleasant, so intolerable, to them that the only way they can make it through the day is to pretend things are otherwise than they are? Do they actually *believe* their own lies? How do they reconcile their dishonesty with their spiritual values? How in the *heck* can you feel you've made your case in a discussion if you've had to lie to do it? I just find the whole syndrome deeply mysterious. The syndrome is a global disease called lust for money My guess is that they are paid, and payed well for their activities against the TMO. Cash is King in their universe and this Vaj character is obviously at it on a professional everyday basis. Who payes them I do not know. What we do know is that they are both socalled Buddhists and that this tibetan lama in India, the selfproclaimed His Holiness has a lot of cash coming in from, amongst other places, Hollywood stars. As the americans says: Go figure !
[FairfieldLife] Re: NIH provides $ 1 million for new study
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, raunchydog raunchy...@... wrote: [snip] Shemp's right. He's not a scientist and neither is Vaj for that matter. [snip] Of course, I am a scientific expert on global warming and I should be listened and adhered to by one and all on what I say on that matter.
[FairfieldLife] Re: NIH provides $ 1 million for new study
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, raunchydog raunchy...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, dhamiltony2k5 dhamiltony2k5@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ShempMcGurk shempmcgurk@ wrote: Big deal. Even if, as a result of the research study, it comes out as a positive thing to do TM, who trusts the TMO anymore? Heck, I'm a 36 year regular meditator and even I don't trust their research... Shemp, if the research is positive and proves conclusively it helps people with CHD, what's not to trust? The research? You're not making any sense. Oh, I have absolutely no doubt that TM is the best thing for people with CHD and that the research will show that...AND that the research is done in the most objective, serious way. It's once the TMO gets its hands on it, interprets it, and then publishes it with gold-crusted paint on the sides that will ruin everything. hum, trust. in TMO or Maharishi over the years. Should have been an interesting thing to have polled and followed in meditators. Even now. Doug, polling meditators whether or not they trust TMO or MMY has nothing to do with this research project. The outcome will prove beneficial for people with CHD or not. The fact that Schneider and all were able to get the grant and are willing to subject CHD patients to scientific scrutiny doing TM, says they have confidence in a positive outcome. For the sake of the many CHD patients TM could help in the future, I hope they are right. I wish them success. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@ wrote: NIH grants $1 million to study whether Transcendental Meditation can prevent future heart attacks in CHD patients /news/20091107/NIH-grants-241-million-to-study-whether-Transcendental-M\ editation-can-prevent-future-heart-attacks-in-CHD-patients.aspx 7. november 2009 00:01NIH/National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute provides $1 million for new study at Columbia University Medical Center The National Institutes of Health's National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute will fund a $1 million collaborative study by the Center for Natural Medicine and Prevention at Maharishi University of Management Research Institute and Columbia University Medical Center to determine whether the stress-reducing Transcendental Meditation technique can help patients with coronary heart disease (CHD) prevent future heart attacks /health/What-is-a-Heart-Attack.aspx , strokes and death. The 12-week Randomized Controlled Trial of Stress Reduction in the Secondary Prevention of Coronary Heart Disease in African Americans, will be conducted at Columbia University Medical Center in New York City. The trial will examine 56 patients who have had a heart attack /health/What-is-a-Heart-Attack.aspx or bypass surgery, angioplasty, or chronic angina. For decades, stress has been implicated in the cause and progression of heart disease, said Robert Schneider, M.D., F.A.C.C., lead author and director of the NIH-funded Center for Natural Medicine and Prevention. And while standard cardiac rehabilitation usually includes supervised exercise and lifestyle education, it does not usually include a formal stress reduction program. Now, for the first time, this study will evaluate whether adding stress reduction through the Transcendental Meditation technique to conventional cardiac rehabilitation will aid in the treatment of serious CHD compared to conventional cardiac rehabilitation alone, Dr. Schneider said. Patients will be carefully evaluated before and after the study for changes in their coronary artery disease with the most advanced noninvasive methods for measuring cardiac function-PET or positron emission tomography. According to Sabahat Bokhari, MD, Director of Nuclear Cardiology at Columbia University Medical Center and study co-director, PET is an innovative imaging technology that allows us to visually and non-invasively study blood flow to the heart. With this state-of-the-art technology, doctors can now measure the blood flow to the heart and thus quantify the full impact of stress reduction on CHD. The NIH funding allocation is part of the Obama Administration's American Reinvestment and Recovery Act-or economic stimulus bill. Competition for the funding was fierce with more than 20,000 applications for the Challenge Grants category and only 840 awarded. In the current climate of health care reform, the purpose of this grant is to find more effective treatments for heart disease and thereby find more effective ways to reduce health care costs, Dr. Schneider said. The NHLBI's Recovery Act funds will make it possible to evaluate Transcendental Meditation as a
[FairfieldLife] Re: NIH provides $ 1 million for new study
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ShempMcGurk shempmcgurk@ wrote: Big deal. Even if, as a result of the research study, it comes out as a positive thing to do TM, who trusts the TMO anymore? Heck, I'm a 36 year regular meditator and even I don't trust their research... You don't trust Columbia University Medical Center either ? You seem to need a checking ! [snip] No, what I need is to be rid of cult-addled idiots like you who have ruined the TMO.
[FairfieldLife] Re: NIH provides $ 1 million for new study
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ShempMcGurk shempmcg...@... wrote: [snip] Of course, I am a scientific expert on global warming and I should be listened and adhered to by one and all on what I say on that matter. Too right! Saw this in my paper today: Al Gore, who art in thy fully offset private jet; Nobel-prized be thy name; Thy carbon-free kingdom come; On planet Earth (otherwise known as Gaia) as it should be after Copenhagen; Give us this day our daily meat-free diet; And forgive us our emissions, though we don't forgive any other big fat Americans who emit against us; Lead us not into exotic holiday flights; And deliver us from climate denial; for the science is settled. Amen Here in Brit-Land there was a curious development this week when a court that decides on employment law ruled in favour of a climate activist who has sought to have his greenism put on a par with other religious beliefs. Some are saying this looks like a bit of an own goal by the green fundies, as er... isn't it supposed be science and not religion? Dominic Lawson notes: Interestingly, Burton is the very same judge that two years ago found for a Kent school governor who brought a case against the government's plans to supply every school with a DVD of Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth. The judge agreed that the film was flawed. He decreed that it contained nine scientific errors and that the government should accompany any DVDs sent to schools with guidance pointing out, among other things, that polar bears are not drowning in the absence of sufficient quantities of ice. Put away those hankies, children: they're going to be all right. Dominic Lawson Non-believers fill the church of green gods: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/domi nic_lawson/article6907865.ece http://tinyurl.com/yfwuhto
[FairfieldLife] Re: NIH provides $ 1 million for new study
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: snip I *do* not understand the liar's mentality, especially that of the casual, reflexive liars like Vaj and Barry. Maybe if they never got caught at it and it gave them some advantage, it would make sense; but these two are such incompetent liars they get caught at it *all the time*. snip I just find the whole syndrome deeply mysterious. The syndrome is a global disease called lust for money My guess is that they are paid, and payed well for their activities against the TMO. Cash is King in their universe and this Vaj character is obviously at it on a professional everyday basis. Seriously doubt it. They're such ineffective liars that if they were being paid to do it, they'd have been fired long since. Of course, they could be from the *TMO*, planted with instructions to make themselves look as stupid and malicious as possible to discredit TM critics...
[FairfieldLife] Re: NIH provides $ 1 million for new study
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, PaliGap compost...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ShempMcGurk shempmcgurk@ wrote: [snip] Of course, I am a scientific expert on global warming and I should be listened and adhered to by one and all on what I say on that matter. Too right! Saw this in my paper today: Al Gore, who art in thy fully offset private jet; Nobel-prized be thy name; Thy carbon-free kingdom come; On planet Earth (otherwise known as Gaia) as it should be after Copenhagen; Give us this day our daily meat-free diet; And forgive us our emissions, though we don't forgive any other big fat Americans who emit against us; Lead us not into exotic holiday flights; And deliver us from climate denial; for the science is settled. Amen Here in Brit-Land there was a curious development this week when a court that decides on employment law ruled in favour of a climate activist who has sought to have his greenism put on a par with other religious beliefs. By climate activist I am assuming that you mean a believer in catastrophic man-made global warming, as opposed to those that have come to be known as climate deniers? If so, this surprises me because, at least in the United States, such a ruling would mean disaster to the pro-Al-Gore, pro-global warming crowd. Adjudicating global warming as a religion in a court of law would mean that separation of church and state would come into play and there could no longer be ANY governmental funding of global warming policy or law! And that would be fantastic! Some are saying this looks like a bit of an own goal by the green fundies, as er... isn't it supposed be science and not religion? Dominic Lawson notes: Interestingly, Burton is the very same judge that two years ago found for a Kent school governor who brought a case against the government's plans to supply every school with a DVD of Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth. The judge agreed that the film was flawed. He decreed that it contained nine scientific errors and that the government should accompany any DVDs sent to schools with guidance pointing out, among other things, that polar bears are not drowning in the absence of sufficient quantities of ice. Put away those hankies, children: they're going to be all right. Dominic Lawson Non-believers fill the church of green gods: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/domi nic_lawson/article6907865.ece http://tinyurl.com/yfwuhto
[FairfieldLife] Re: NIH provides $ 1 million for new study
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ShempMcGurk shempmcg...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ShempMcGurk shempmcgurk@ wrote: Big deal. Even if, as a result of the research study, it comes out as a positive thing to do TM, who trusts the TMO anymore? Heck, I'm a 36 year regular meditator and even I don't trust their research... You don't trust Columbia University Medical Center either ? You seem to need a checking ! [snip] No, what I need is to be rid of cult-addled idiots like you who have ruined the TMO. The Movement belongs to those who move - Maharishi Which you obviously haven't since the 70's, you're stuck in the past. You are fast becoming a senior; have a checking before it's too late.
[FairfieldLife] Re: NIH provides $ 1 million for new study
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: On Nov 7, 2009, at 6:45 PM, off_world_beings wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ShempMcGurk shempmcgurk@ wrote: Big deal. Even if, as a result of the research study, it comes out as a positive thing to do TM, who trusts the TMO anymore? Heck, I'm a 36 year regular meditator and even I don't trust their research... Fortunately no serious person on the planet puts your opinion over published scientific research. Uh, they just got the grant Off. I realize the TMO has already reached a conclusion, after all it's being done by biased TB's, but please wait till they perform the study to start saying it's published and that the results were oh so great! If you missed the BBC special, here's a copy. Too bad for you that the NIH doesn't take sensationalist reporting as having anything to do with science. OffWorld
[FairfieldLife] Re: NIH provides $ 1 million for new study
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ShempMcGurk shempmcg...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, raunchydog raunchydog@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, dhamiltony2k5 dhamiltony2k5@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ShempMcGurk shempmcgurk@ wrote: Big deal. Even if, as a result of the research study, it comes out as a positive thing to do TM, who trusts the TMO anymore? Heck, I'm a 36 year regular meditator and even I don't trust their research... Shemp, if the research is positive and proves conclusively it helps people with CHD, what's not to trust? The research? You're not making any sense. Oh, I have absolutely no doubt that TM is the best thing for people with CHD and that the research will show that...AND that the research is done in the most objective, serious way. It's once the TMO gets its hands on it, interprets it, and then publishes it with gold-crusted paint on the sides that will ruin everything. I see your point Shemp about the schmaltzy marketing, I agree it is gaudy and maybe off putting for some folks. For me, I always thought it was fun that Maharishi liked a lot of gold on everything. I fail to see how schmaltz would ruin the value of excellent research. If the CHD research proves successful, it should stand on its own without a lot of marketing. It seems like these are two separate issues. And who knows, you might see future research published in plain old black and white (boring) now that Maharishi isn't here to say, Gold, more Gold! hum, trust. in TMO or Maharishi over the years. Should have been an interesting thing to have polled and followed in meditators. Even now. Doug, polling meditators whether or not they trust TMO or MMY has nothing to do with this research project. The outcome will prove beneficial for people with CHD or not. The fact that Schneider and all were able to get the grant and are willing to subject CHD patients to scientific scrutiny doing TM, says they have confidence in a positive outcome. For the sake of the many CHD patients TM could help in the future, I hope they are right. I wish them success.
[FairfieldLife] Re: NIH provides $ 1 million for new study
Big deal. Even if, as a result of the research study, it comes out as a positive thing to do TM, who trusts the TMO anymore? Heck, I'm a 36 year regular meditator and even I don't trust their research... --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_re...@... wrote: NIH grants $1 million to study whether Transcendental Meditation can prevent future heart attacks in CHD patients /news/20091107/NIH-grants-241-million-to-study-whether-Transcendental-M\ editation-can-prevent-future-heart-attacks-in-CHD-patients.aspx 7. november 2009 00:01NIH/National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute provides $1 million for new study at Columbia University Medical Center The National Institutes of Health's National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute will fund a $1 million collaborative study by the Center for Natural Medicine and Prevention at Maharishi University of Management Research Institute and Columbia University Medical Center to determine whether the stress-reducing Transcendental Meditation technique can help patients with coronary heart disease (CHD) prevent future heart attacks /health/What-is-a-Heart-Attack.aspx , strokes and death. The 12-week Randomized Controlled Trial of Stress Reduction in the Secondary Prevention of Coronary Heart Disease in African Americans, will be conducted at Columbia University Medical Center in New York City. The trial will examine 56 patients who have had a heart attack /health/What-is-a-Heart-Attack.aspx or bypass surgery, angioplasty, or chronic angina. For decades, stress has been implicated in the cause and progression of heart disease, said Robert Schneider, M.D., F.A.C.C., lead author and director of the NIH-funded Center for Natural Medicine and Prevention. And while standard cardiac rehabilitation usually includes supervised exercise and lifestyle education, it does not usually include a formal stress reduction program. Now, for the first time, this study will evaluate whether adding stress reduction through the Transcendental Meditation technique to conventional cardiac rehabilitation will aid in the treatment of serious CHD compared to conventional cardiac rehabilitation alone, Dr. Schneider said. Patients will be carefully evaluated before and after the study for changes in their coronary artery disease with the most advanced noninvasive methods for measuring cardiac function-PET or positron emission tomography. According to Sabahat Bokhari, MD, Director of Nuclear Cardiology at Columbia University Medical Center and study co-director, PET is an innovative imaging technology that allows us to visually and non-invasively study blood flow to the heart. With this state-of-the-art technology, doctors can now measure the blood flow to the heart and thus quantify the full impact of stress reduction on CHD. The NIH funding allocation is part of the Obama Administration's American Reinvestment and Recovery Act-or economic stimulus bill. Competition for the funding was fierce with more than 20,000 applications for the Challenge Grants category and only 840 awarded. In the current climate of health care reform, the purpose of this grant is to find more effective treatments for heart disease and thereby find more effective ways to reduce health care costs, Dr. Schneider said. The NHLBI's Recovery Act funds will make it possible to evaluate Transcendental Meditation as a promising tool in helping to prevent heart attacks /health/What-is-a-Heart-Attack.aspx , strokes, and death related to coronary events. This is worthwhile research since we know that strong emotional stress can lead to conditions such as arrhythmia and hypertension, said NHLBI Director Elizabeth Nabel, M.D. Results from several earlier trials on the Transcendental Meditation program found reductions in risk factors for heart disease, such as hypertension, psychological stress, insulin resistance, and build-up of atherosclerosis in the arteries, with indications of reduced mortality from heart disease. This newly funded study will directly evaluate coronary artery disease and continue to examine the potential of meditation for improvements in cardiovascular health. * Coronary heart disease (CHD) is the leading cause of death in the United States * There are nearly 1.5 million heart attacks /health/What-is-a-Heart-Attack.aspx per year in the US, according the American Heart Association * An American will suffer a heart attack /health/What-is-a-Heart-Attack.aspx every 34 seconds * Coronary heart disease is also the leading cause of soaring health care costs; more than $475 billion spent annually on treating CHD, including * $100,000 for each coronary bypass surgery * $50,000 for each angioplasty * $30,000 for each diagnostic cardiac catheterization * There are nearly 500,000 coronary artery bypass grafts and 1.3 million angioplasties performed every
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On Nov 7, 2009, at 4:51 PM, ShempMcGurk wrote: Big deal. Even if, as a result of the research study, it comes out as a positive thing to do TM, who trusts the TMO anymore? Heck, I'm a 36 year regular meditator and even I don't trust their research... Schneider has a history of TM research quackery. He's a TB doing research on a product he's addicted to, and a Cardiologist. As is usual with the TMO, they've already decided what the results are. They just need to mash the numbers so they get a positive study that jives with their desires. As is also usual, I predict there will be inadequate controls. There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics. - Benjamin Disraeli There are four kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, statistics and TMO research. - Vaj
[FairfieldLife] Re: NIH provides $ 1 million for new study
Well, Mr. Smarty Pant. At least TMO merited a grant for $1 million. Did the Buddhists get any grant money? Probably not, otherwise you would be crowing about it. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: On Nov 7, 2009, at 4:51 PM, ShempMcGurk wrote: Big deal. Even if, as a result of the research study, it comes out as a positive thing to do TM, who trusts the TMO anymore? Heck, I'm a 36 year regular meditator and even I don't trust their research... Schneider has a history of TM research quackery. He's a TB doing research on a product he's addicted to, and a Cardiologist. As is usual with the TMO, they've already decided what the results are. They just need to mash the numbers so they get a positive study that jives with their desires. As is also usual, I predict there will be inadequate controls. There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics. - Benjamin Disraeli There are four kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, statistics and TMO research. - Vaj
[FairfieldLife] Re: NIH provides $ 1 million for new study
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ShempMcGurk shempmcg...@... wrote: Big deal. Even if, as a result of the research study, it comes out as a positive thing to do TM, who trusts the TMO anymore? Heck, I'm a 36 year regular meditator and even I don't trust their research... Fortunately no serious person on the planet puts your opinion over published scientific research. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@ wrote: NIH grants $1 million to study whether Transcendental Meditation can prevent future heart attacks in CHD patients /news/20091107/NIH-grants-241-million-to-study-whether-Transcendental-M\ \ editation-can-prevent-future-heart-attacks-in-CHD-patients.aspx 7. november 2009 00:01 NIH/National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute provides $1 million for new study at Columbia University Medical Center The National Institutes of Health's National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute will fund a $1 million collaborative study by the Center for Natural Medicine and Prevention at Maharishi University of Management Research Institute and Columbia University Medical Center to determine whether the stress-reducing Transcendental Meditation technique can help patients with coronary heart disease (CHD) prevent future heart attacks /health/What-is-a-Heart-Attack.aspx , strokes and death. The 12-week Randomized Controlled Trial of Stress Reduction in the Secondary Prevention of Coronary Heart Disease in African Americans, will be conducted at Columbia University Medical Center in New York City. The trial will examine 56 patients who have had a heart attack /health/What-is-a-Heart-Attack.aspx or bypass surgery, angioplasty, or chronic angina. For decades, stress has been implicated in the cause and progression of heart disease, said Robert Schneider, M.D., F.A.C.C., lead author and director of the NIH-funded Center for Natural Medicine and Prevention. And while standard cardiac rehabilitation usually includes supervised exercise and lifestyle education, it does not usually include a formal stress reduction program. Now, for the first time, this study will evaluate whether adding stress reduction through the Transcendental Meditation technique to conventional cardiac rehabilitation will aid in the treatment of serious CHD compared to conventional cardiac rehabilitation alone, Dr. Schneider said. Patients will be carefully evaluated before and after the study for changes in their coronary artery disease with the most advanced noninvasive methods for measuring cardiac function-PET or positron emission tomography. According to Sabahat Bokhari, MD, Director of Nuclear Cardiology at Columbia University Medical Center and study co-director, PET is an innovative imaging technology that allows us to visually and non-invasively study blood flow to the heart. With this state-of-the-art technology, doctors can now measure the blood flow to the heart and thus quantify the full impact of stress reduction on CHD. The NIH funding allocation is part of the Obama Administration's American Reinvestment and Recovery Act-or economic stimulus bill. Competition for the funding was fierce with more than 20,000 applications for the Challenge Grants category and only 840 awarded. In the current climate of health care reform, the purpose of this grant is to find more effective treatments for heart disease and thereby find more effective ways to reduce health care costs, Dr. Schneider said. The NHLBI's Recovery Act funds will make it possible to evaluate Transcendental Meditation as a promising tool in helping to prevent heart attacks /health/What-is-a-Heart-Attack.aspx , strokes, and death related to coronary events. This is worthwhile research since we know that strong emotional stress can lead to conditions such as arrhythmia and hypertension, said NHLBI Director Elizabeth Nabel, M.D. Results from several earlier trials on the Transcendental Meditation program found reductions in risk factors for heart disease, such as hypertension, psychological stress, insulin resistance, and build-up of atherosclerosis in the arteries, with indications of reduced mortality from heart disease. This newly funded study will directly evaluate coronary artery disease and continue to examine the potential of meditation for improvements in cardiovascular health. * Coronary heart disease (CHD) is the leading cause of death in the United States * There are nearly 1.5 million heart attacks /health/What-is-a-Heart-Attack.aspx per year in the US, according the American Heart Association * An American will suffer a heart attack /health/What-is-a-Heart-Attack.aspx every 34 seconds * Coronary heart disease is also the leading cause of soaring health care costs; more than $475 billion spent annually on treating CHD, including * $100,000 for each coronary bypass
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: NIH provides $ 1 million for new study
On Nov 7, 2009, at 6:28 PM, raunchydog wrote: Well, Mr. Smarty Pant. At least TMO merited a grant for $1 million. Did the Buddhists get any grant money? Probably not, otherwise you would be crowing about it. What makes you think they would need to apply for one in the first place? They are already being publish in major, peer review journals. The TMO is now publishing research in UFO journals. How apropos. At this point Buddhist meditation research is increasing at an exponential rate. Insurance companies have been reimbursing Buddhist meditation for years now, based on their great evidence-based and sound research. But I wouldn't be surprised if they were awarded yet another grant. The interesting thing to me is that they don't go out and print numerous press releases the minute they get a grant, to try to keep their brand name in the spotlight! Frankly, based on the poor nature of TM research for several decades, it would be best for the taxpayers if this particular org would be prevented from continuing to defraud US taxpayers!
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On Nov 7, 2009, at 6:45 PM, off_world_beings wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ShempMcGurk shempmcg...@... wrote: Big deal. Even if, as a result of the research study, it comes out as a positive thing to do TM, who trusts the TMO anymore? Heck, I'm a 36 year regular meditator and even I don't trust their research... Fortunately no serious person on the planet puts your opinion over published scientific research. Uh, they just got the grant Off. I realize the TMO has already reached a conclusion, after all it's being done by biased TB's, but please wait till they perform the study to start saying it's published and that the results were oh so great! Unfortunately various independent medical reviews continue to show TM research is really untrustworthy. For a good laymen's explanation and a visit to whacky Fairfield, IA, see the BBC special on meditation research. It's esp. important to hear what it says about cardiac research (hint: it's not what the TM says it is). That's why they desperately keep trying to put out more and more research: if you repeat a lie enough times, people will believe it! If you missed the BBC special, here's a copy. Enjoy.
[FairfieldLife] Re: NIH provides $ 1 million for new study
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: snip Schneider has a history of TM research quackery. No, he doesn't. Vaj is lying.
[FairfieldLife] Re: NIH provides $ 1 million for new study
-- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: On Nov 7, 2009, at 6:45 PM, off_world_beings wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ShempMcGurk shempmcgurk@ wrote: Big deal. Even if, as a result of the research study, it comes out as a positive thing to do TM, who trusts the TMO anymore? Heck, I'm a 36 year regular meditator and even I don't trust their research... Fortunately no serious person on the planet puts your opinion over published scientific research. Uh, they just got the grant Off. I realize the TMO has already reached a conclusion, after all it's being done by biased TB's, but please wait till they perform the study to start saying it's published and that the results were oh so great! That isn't even remotely what Off said, of course. Vaj lies *reflexively*, without thinking about it. He lies even when the refutation of the lie is quoted in the same post as the lie.
[FairfieldLife] Re: NIH provides $ 1 million for new study
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jst...@... wrote: -- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@ wrote: On Nov 7, 2009, at 6:45 PM, off_world_beings wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ShempMcGurk shempmcgurk@ wrote: Big deal. Even if, as a result of the research study, it comes out as a positive thing to do TM, who trusts the TMO anymore? Heck, I'm a 36 year regular meditator and even I don't trust their research... Fortunately no serious person on the planet puts your opinion over published scientific research. Uh, they just got the grant Off. I realize the TMO has already reached a conclusion, after all it's being done by biased TB's, but please wait till they perform the study to start saying it's published and that the results were oh so great! That isn't even remotely what Off said, of course. Vaj lies *reflexively*, without thinking about it. He lies even when the refutation of the lie is quoted in the same post as the lie. The TMO research will have a narrow focus on CHD. All they are doing is adding TM as a stress reduction program to an existing program, for which they have already have predictable results they can compare with the addition of TM. Have the Buddhist done a comparable study? Probably not, otherwise Vaj would be crowing about it. Instead he makes knee-jerk put-downs of Schneider and discounts the possibility that TM may actually produce an improvement for CHD patients. The very specific parameters of the TM study, which includes visually studying PET blood flow to the heart, should produce some very conclusive results. How many here would wager that even if the TM study produces the results the TMO hopes, Vaj will find a way to dismiss it without even reading the research? He will ALWAYS claim superiority of Buddhist research over TM but will never shows us a single comparable study. Have the Buddhist subjected their cardiac patients to a study like the one proposed by Schneider? Probably not. And while standard cardiac rehabilitation usually includes supervised exercise and lifestyle education, it does not usually include a formal stress reduction program. Now, for the first time, this study will evaluate whether adding stress reduction through the Transcendental Meditation technique to conventional cardiac rehabilitation will aid in the treatment of serious CHD compared to conventional cardiac rehabilitation alone, Dr. Schneider said. Patients will be carefully evaluated before and after the study for changes in their coronary artery disease with the most advanced noninvasive methods for measuring cardiac function-PET or positron emission tomography. According to Sabahat Bokhari, MD, Director of Nuclear Cardiology at Columbia University Medical Center and study co-director, PET is an innovative imaging technology that allows us to visually and non-invasively study blood flow to the heart. With this state-of-the-art technology, doctors can now measure the blood flow to the heart and thus quantify the full impact of stress reduction on CHD.
[FairfieldLife] Re: NIH provides $ 1 million for new study
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: snip The TMO is now publishing research in UFO journals. No, it isn't. Vaj is lying.
[FairfieldLife] Re: NIH provides $ 1 million for new study
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jst...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@ wrote: snip The TMO is now publishing research in UFO journals. No, it isn't. Vaj is lying. Geez, Judy you caught Vaj in three whopper in a row. Jackpot!
[FairfieldLife] Re: NIH provides $ 1 million for new study
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ShempMcGurk shempmcgurk@ wrote: Big deal. Even if, as a result of the research study, it comes out as a positive thing to do TM, who trusts the TMO anymore? Heck, I'm a 36 year regular meditator and even I don't trust their research... Fortunately no serious person on the planet puts your opinion over published scientific research. Why should they? I'm not a scientist. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@ wrote: NIH grants $1 million to study whether Transcendental Meditation can prevent future heart attacks in CHD patients /news/20091107/NIH-grants-241-million-to-study-whether-Transcendental-M\ \ editation-can-prevent-future-heart-attacks-in-CHD-patients.aspx 7. november 2009 00:01 NIH/National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute provides $1 million for new study at Columbia University Medical Center The National Institutes of Health's National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute will fund a $1 million collaborative study by the Center for Natural Medicine and Prevention at Maharishi University of Management Research Institute and Columbia University Medical Center to determine whether the stress-reducing Transcendental Meditation technique can help patients with coronary heart disease (CHD) prevent future heart attacks /health/What-is-a-Heart-Attack.aspx , strokes and death. The 12-week Randomized Controlled Trial of Stress Reduction in the Secondary Prevention of Coronary Heart Disease in African Americans, will be conducted at Columbia University Medical Center in New York City. The trial will examine 56 patients who have had a heart attack /health/What-is-a-Heart-Attack.aspx or bypass surgery, angioplasty, or chronic angina. For decades, stress has been implicated in the cause and progression of heart disease, said Robert Schneider, M.D., F.A.C.C., lead author and director of the NIH-funded Center for Natural Medicine and Prevention. And while standard cardiac rehabilitation usually includes supervised exercise and lifestyle education, it does not usually include a formal stress reduction program. Now, for the first time, this study will evaluate whether adding stress reduction through the Transcendental Meditation technique to conventional cardiac rehabilitation will aid in the treatment of serious CHD compared to conventional cardiac rehabilitation alone, Dr. Schneider said. Patients will be carefully evaluated before and after the study for changes in their coronary artery disease with the most advanced noninvasive methods for measuring cardiac function-PET or positron emission tomography. According to Sabahat Bokhari, MD, Director of Nuclear Cardiology at Columbia University Medical Center and study co-director, PET is an innovative imaging technology that allows us to visually and non-invasively study blood flow to the heart. With this state-of-the-art technology, doctors can now measure the blood flow to the heart and thus quantify the full impact of stress reduction on CHD. The NIH funding allocation is part of the Obama Administration's American Reinvestment and Recovery Act-or economic stimulus bill. Competition for the funding was fierce with more than 20,000 applications for the Challenge Grants category and only 840 awarded. In the current climate of health care reform, the purpose of this grant is to find more effective treatments for heart disease and thereby find more effective ways to reduce health care costs, Dr. Schneider said. The NHLBI's Recovery Act funds will make it possible to evaluate Transcendental Meditation as a promising tool in helping to prevent heart attacks /health/What-is-a-Heart-Attack.aspx , strokes, and death related to coronary events. This is worthwhile research since we know that strong emotional stress can lead to conditions such as arrhythmia and hypertension, said NHLBI Director Elizabeth Nabel, M.D. Results from several earlier trials on the Transcendental Meditation program found reductions in risk factors for heart disease, such as hypertension, psychological stress, insulin resistance, and build-up of atherosclerosis in the arteries, with indications of reduced mortality from heart disease. This newly funded study will directly evaluate coronary artery disease and continue to examine the potential of meditation for improvements in cardiovascular health. * Coronary heart disease (CHD) is the leading cause of death in the United States * There are nearly 1.5 million heart attacks /health/What-is-a-Heart-Attack.aspx per year in the US, according the American Heart Association * An American will suffer a heart attack
[FairfieldLife] Re: NIH provides $ 1 million for new study
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ShempMcGurk shempmcg...@... wrote: Big deal. Even if, as a result of the research study, it comes out as a positive thing to do TM, who trusts the TMO anymore? Heck, I'm a 36 year regular meditator and even I don't trust their research... hum, trust. in TMO or Maharishi over the years. Should have been an interesting thing to have polled and followed in meditators. Even now. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@ wrote: NIH grants $1 million to study whether Transcendental Meditation can prevent future heart attacks in CHD patients /news/20091107/NIH-grants-241-million-to-study-whether-Transcendental-M\ editation-can-prevent-future-heart-attacks-in-CHD-patients.aspx 7. november 2009 00:01NIH/National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute provides $1 million for new study at Columbia University Medical Center The National Institutes of Health's National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute will fund a $1 million collaborative study by the Center for Natural Medicine and Prevention at Maharishi University of Management Research Institute and Columbia University Medical Center to determine whether the stress-reducing Transcendental Meditation technique can help patients with coronary heart disease (CHD) prevent future heart attacks /health/What-is-a-Heart-Attack.aspx , strokes and death. The 12-week Randomized Controlled Trial of Stress Reduction in the Secondary Prevention of Coronary Heart Disease in African Americans, will be conducted at Columbia University Medical Center in New York City. The trial will examine 56 patients who have had a heart attack /health/What-is-a-Heart-Attack.aspx or bypass surgery, angioplasty, or chronic angina. For decades, stress has been implicated in the cause and progression of heart disease, said Robert Schneider, M.D., F.A.C.C., lead author and director of the NIH-funded Center for Natural Medicine and Prevention. And while standard cardiac rehabilitation usually includes supervised exercise and lifestyle education, it does not usually include a formal stress reduction program. Now, for the first time, this study will evaluate whether adding stress reduction through the Transcendental Meditation technique to conventional cardiac rehabilitation will aid in the treatment of serious CHD compared to conventional cardiac rehabilitation alone, Dr. Schneider said. Patients will be carefully evaluated before and after the study for changes in their coronary artery disease with the most advanced noninvasive methods for measuring cardiac function-PET or positron emission tomography. According to Sabahat Bokhari, MD, Director of Nuclear Cardiology at Columbia University Medical Center and study co-director, PET is an innovative imaging technology that allows us to visually and non-invasively study blood flow to the heart. With this state-of-the-art technology, doctors can now measure the blood flow to the heart and thus quantify the full impact of stress reduction on CHD. The NIH funding allocation is part of the Obama Administration's American Reinvestment and Recovery Act-or economic stimulus bill. Competition for the funding was fierce with more than 20,000 applications for the Challenge Grants category and only 840 awarded. In the current climate of health care reform, the purpose of this grant is to find more effective treatments for heart disease and thereby find more effective ways to reduce health care costs, Dr. Schneider said. The NHLBI's Recovery Act funds will make it possible to evaluate Transcendental Meditation as a promising tool in helping to prevent heart attacks /health/What-is-a-Heart-Attack.aspx , strokes, and death related to coronary events. This is worthwhile research since we know that strong emotional stress can lead to conditions such as arrhythmia and hypertension, said NHLBI Director Elizabeth Nabel, M.D. Results from several earlier trials on the Transcendental Meditation program found reductions in risk factors for heart disease, such as hypertension, psychological stress, insulin resistance, and build-up of atherosclerosis in the arteries, with indications of reduced mortality from heart disease. This newly funded study will directly evaluate coronary artery disease and continue to examine the potential of meditation for improvements in cardiovascular health. * Coronary heart disease (CHD) is the leading cause of death in the United States * There are nearly 1.5 million heart attacks /health/What-is-a-Heart-Attack.aspx per year in the US, according the American Heart Association * An American will suffer a heart attack /health/What-is-a-Heart-Attack.aspx every 34 seconds * Coronary heart disease is also the leading cause of soaring health care costs; more than $475
[FairfieldLife] Re: NIH provides $ 1 million for new study
The NIH funding allocation is part of the Obama Administration's American Reinvestment and Recovery Act-or economic stimulus bill. Competition for the funding was fierce with more than 20,000 applications for the Challenge Grants category and only 840 awarded. In the current climate of health care reform, the purpose of this grant is to find more effective treatments for heart disease and thereby find more effective ways to reduce health care costs, Dr. Schneider said. The NHLBI's Recovery Act funds will make it possible to evaluate Transcendental Meditation Really, as part of the recovery, aren't there more cost effective ways of bringing something like this meditation to people?
[FairfieldLife] Re: NIH provides $ 1 million for new study
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, dhamiltony2k5 dhamiltony...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ShempMcGurk shempmcgurk@ wrote: Big deal. Even if, as a result of the research study, it comes out as a positive thing to do TM, who trusts the TMO anymore? Heck, I'm a 36 year regular meditator and even I don't trust their research... Shemp, if the research is positive and proves conclusively it helps people with CHD, what's not to trust? The research? You're not making any sense. hum, trust. in TMO or Maharishi over the years. Should have been an interesting thing to have polled and followed in meditators. Even now. Doug, polling meditators whether or not they trust TMO or MMY has nothing to do with this research project. The outcome will prove beneficial for people with CHD or not. The fact that Schneider and all were able to get the grant and are willing to subject CHD patients to scientific scrutiny doing TM, says they have confidence in a positive outcome. For the sake of the many CHD patients TM could help in the future, I hope they are right. I wish them success. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@ wrote: NIH grants $1 million to study whether Transcendental Meditation can prevent future heart attacks in CHD patients /news/20091107/NIH-grants-241-million-to-study-whether-Transcendental-M\ editation-can-prevent-future-heart-attacks-in-CHD-patients.aspx 7. november 2009 00:01NIH/National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute provides $1 million for new study at Columbia University Medical Center The National Institutes of Health's National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute will fund a $1 million collaborative study by the Center for Natural Medicine and Prevention at Maharishi University of Management Research Institute and Columbia University Medical Center to determine whether the stress-reducing Transcendental Meditation technique can help patients with coronary heart disease (CHD) prevent future heart attacks /health/What-is-a-Heart-Attack.aspx , strokes and death. The 12-week Randomized Controlled Trial of Stress Reduction in the Secondary Prevention of Coronary Heart Disease in African Americans, will be conducted at Columbia University Medical Center in New York City. The trial will examine 56 patients who have had a heart attack /health/What-is-a-Heart-Attack.aspx or bypass surgery, angioplasty, or chronic angina. For decades, stress has been implicated in the cause and progression of heart disease, said Robert Schneider, M.D., F.A.C.C., lead author and director of the NIH-funded Center for Natural Medicine and Prevention. And while standard cardiac rehabilitation usually includes supervised exercise and lifestyle education, it does not usually include a formal stress reduction program. Now, for the first time, this study will evaluate whether adding stress reduction through the Transcendental Meditation technique to conventional cardiac rehabilitation will aid in the treatment of serious CHD compared to conventional cardiac rehabilitation alone, Dr. Schneider said. Patients will be carefully evaluated before and after the study for changes in their coronary artery disease with the most advanced noninvasive methods for measuring cardiac function-PET or positron emission tomography. According to Sabahat Bokhari, MD, Director of Nuclear Cardiology at Columbia University Medical Center and study co-director, PET is an innovative imaging technology that allows us to visually and non-invasively study blood flow to the heart. With this state-of-the-art technology, doctors can now measure the blood flow to the heart and thus quantify the full impact of stress reduction on CHD. The NIH funding allocation is part of the Obama Administration's American Reinvestment and Recovery Act-or economic stimulus bill. Competition for the funding was fierce with more than 20,000 applications for the Challenge Grants category and only 840 awarded. In the current climate of health care reform, the purpose of this grant is to find more effective treatments for heart disease and thereby find more effective ways to reduce health care costs, Dr. Schneider said. The NHLBI's Recovery Act funds will make it possible to evaluate Transcendental Meditation as a promising tool in helping to prevent heart attacks /health/What-is-a-Heart-Attack.aspx , strokes, and death related to coronary events. This is worthwhile research since we know that strong emotional stress can lead to conditions such as arrhythmia and hypertension, said NHLBI Director Elizabeth Nabel, M.D. Results from several earlier trials on the Transcendental Meditation program found reductions in risk factors for heart disease, such as hypertension, psychological
