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Topic- Mindful exercise
![Mindful meditation helps relieve chronic conditions-3536 Mindful meditation helps relieve chronic conditions-3536](/images/listing_research.jpg)
Mindful meditation helps relieve chronic conditions
Asthma, rheumatoid arthritis and inflammatory bowel disease are examples of chronic inflammatory conditions. Psychological stress can accentuate the symptoms.
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Meditation improves heart health
Because heart disease is prevalent in the African-American community, a home-based intervention was designed to investigate methods of reducing risk factors. At an average age of 59 years, 201 people who were clinically obese were randomly assigned to participate in a Transcendental Meditation stress-reducing program or a health education class about lifestyle modification.
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Mindful meditation counteracts loneliness
Meditation is a practice that involves focusing one’s attention or emptying the mind of thoughts (depending on the approach). One form is mindfulness meditation, which focuses on creating an attentive awareness of the present moment through breathing and other techniques.
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![Meditation improves mood for people with memory loss-3069 Meditation improves mood for people with memory loss-3069](/images/listing_research.jpg)
![People who meditate lower health care costs-2770 People who meditate lower health care costs-2770](/images/listing_research.jpg)
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