Institute for Natural Medicine and Prevention
MUM receives $1 million NIH medical research grant
September, 2009
The National Institutes of Health awarded a grant of $500,000 per year for two years for research on using the Transcendental Meditation technique in the treatment of coronary heart disease in African-Americans.
The research is a collaboration between the Institute for Natural Medicine and Prevention and Columbia University Medical School in New York City. The funding comes from the American Recovery and Investment Act via the NIH-National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute. About 21,000 applications were submitted for these specific funds, with just 3% receiving grants.
“This achievement continues to place the Institute for Natural Medicine and Prevention and its research on the Transcendental Meditation technique in an elite category in academic medicine,” said project director Robert Schneider, M.D., F.A.C.C., and dean of the Maharishi College of Perfect Health.
The research compares the effectiveness of cardiac rehabilitation with and without the Transcendental Meditation program, especially after a heart attack. The study uses positron emission tomography to image and quantify changes in heart disease in the patients.
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