OBJECTIVE: This review focuses on a comprehensive, sophisticated system of natural medicine that appears to hold promise for prevention of chronic diseases and disabilities, loss of independence, suffering, and health care costs often associated with "usual" aging. METHODS: The authors discuss the negative impact of usual aging on our society, with its rapidly growing percentage of elderly, and the challenge of promoting "successful aging." Emphasis is given to research literature suggesting that Maharishi Vedic Medicine (MVM) is particularly effective in retarding usual aging. RESULTS: Proposed mechanisms for the antiaging effects of MVM include reductions in physiological and psychological stress and enhancement of homeostatic and self-repair processes. CONCLUSIONS: The authors conclude that this set of innovative strategies may help society achieve recommended health objectives for disease prevention and health promotion in older adults and that widespread implementation of this self-empowering, prevention-oriented approach in the elderly is feasible, cost effective, and timely.
OBJECTIVE: This review focuses on a comprehensive, sophisticated system of natural medicine that appears to hold promise for prevention of chronic diseases and disabilities, loss of independence, suffering, and health care costs often associated with "usual" aging. METHODS: The authors discuss the negative impact of usual aging on our society, with its rapidly growing percentage of elderly, and the challenge of promoting "successful aging." Emphasis is given to research literature suggesting that Maharishi Vedic Medicine (MVM) is particularly effective in retarding usual aging. RESULTS: Proposed mechanisms for the antiaging effects of MVM include reductions in physiological and psychological stress and enhancement of homeostatic and self-repair processes. CONCLUSIONS: The authors conclude that this set of innovative strategies may help society achieve recommended health objectives for disease prevention and health promotion in older adults and that widespread implementation of this self-empowering, prevention-oriented approach in the elderly is feasible, cost effective, and timely.
Authors: Robert H Schneider; Clarence E Grim; Maxwell V Rainforth; Theodore Kotchen; Sanford I Nidich; Carolyn Gaylord-King; John W Salerno; Jane Morley Kotchen; Charles N Alexander Journal: Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes Date: 2012-11-13
Authors: Robert H Schneider; Charles N Alexander; Frank Staggers; Maxwell Rainforth; John W Salerno; Arthur Hartz; Stephen Arndt; Vernon A Barnes; Sanford I Nidich Journal: Am J Cardiol Date: 2005-05-01 Impact factor: 2.778
Authors: Robert H Schneider; Charles N Alexander; Frank Staggers; David W Orme-Johnson; Maxwell Rainforth; John W Salerno; William Sheppard; Amparo Castillo-Richmond; Vernon A Barnes; Sanford I Nidich Journal: Am J Hypertens Date: 2005-01 Impact factor: 2.689
Authors: Kenneth G Walton; Robert H Schneider; Sanford I Nidich; John W Salerno; Cheryl K Nordstrom; C Noel Bairey Merz Journal: Behav Med Date: 2002 Impact factor: 3.104