Meditation Practice May Decrease Risk for Cardiovascular Disease in Teens (IMAGE)

Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University

Meditation Practice May Decrease Risk for Cardiovascular Disease in Teens

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Regular meditation could decrease the risk of developing cardiovascular disease in teens who are most at risk, according to Georgia Health Sciences University researchers. Pictured here is Dr. Vernon Barnes, a physiologist in the Georgia Health Sciences University Institute of Public and Preventive Health and a co-author on the study published in Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine.

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Phil Jones, GHSU Photographer

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