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Disease prevention and health promotion in the aging with a traditional system of natural medicine — Maharishi Vedic medicine
Author(s)	Robert H Schneider, Charles N Alexander, John W Salerno
Journal title	Journal of Aging and Health, vol 14, no 1, February 2002
Pages	pp 57-78
Keywords	Alternative medicine ; Diseases ; Health [elderly] ; Preventative medicine ; Literature reviews.
Annotation	The authors discuss the negative impact of usual ageing on Western society, with its rapidly growing proportion of older people, and the challenge of promoting "successful ageing". Emphasis is given to research literature suggesting that Maharishi Vedic Medicine (MVM) is particularly effective in retarding usual ageing. Proposed mechanisms for the anti-ageing effects of MVM include reductions in physiological and psychological stress, and enhancement of homeostatic and self-repair processes. 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 is feasible, cost-effective and timely. (KJ/RH).
Accession Number	CPA-020416238 A
Classmark	LK3: CJ: CC: LK2: 64A
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