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1、Doctor'sOrders:20MinutesOfMeditationTwiceADay神奇的医嘱：冥想AtBethIsraelDeaconessMedicalCenterinBoston,doctor'sorderscanincludeanunlikelyprescription:meditation.'Irecommendfiveminutes,twiceaday,andthengraduallyincrease,'saidAditiNerurkar,aprimary-caredoctorandassistantmedicaldirectoroftheCheng&TsuiCe
2、nterforIntegrativeCare,whichoffersalternativemedicaltreatmentattheHarvardMedicalSchool-affiliatedhospital.'It'sbasicallythesamewayIprescribemedicine.Idon'tstartyouonahighdoserightaway.'Sherecommendsthatpatientseventuallyworkuptoabout20minutesofmeditating,twiceaday,forconditionsincludinginsomni
3、aandirritablebowelsyndrome.Integrativemedicineprogramsincludingmeditationareincreasinglyshowingupathospitalsandclinicsacrossthecountry.Recentresearchhasfoundthatmeditationcanlowerbloodpressureandhelppatientswithchronicillnesscopewithpainanddepression.Inastudypublishedlastyear,meditationsharply
4、reducedtheriskofheartattackorstrokeamongagroupofAfrican-Americanswithheartdisease.AtBethIsraelDeaconess,meditationandothermind-bodytherapiesareslowlybeingworkedintotheprimary-caresetting.Theprogrambeganofferingsomeservicesoverthepastsixmonthsandhopeseventuallytohavegroupmeditationclasses,saidD
5、r.Nerurkar.Healthexpertssaymeditationshouldn'tbeusedtoreplacetraditionalmedicaltherapies,butrathertocomplementthem.Whileitisclearthat'whenyoubreatheinaveryslow,consciouswayittemporarilylowersyourbloodpressure,'suchtechniquesshouldn'tbeusedtosubstituteformedicationstomanagehighbloodpressureando
6、therseriousconditions,saidJosephineBriggs,directoroftheNationalCenterforComplementaryandAlternativeMedicine,partoftheNationalInstitutesofHealth.Ingeneral,shesaid,meditationcanbeusefulforsymptommanagement,nottocureortreatdisease.Dr.Briggssaidtheagencyisfundinganumberofstudieslookingatmeditation
7、andbreathingtechniquesandtheireffectonnumerousconditions,includinghotflashesthatoccurduringmenopause.Ifmeditationisfoundtobebeneficial,itcouldhelpwomenavoidusinghormonetreatments,whichcanhavedetrimentalsideeffects,shesaid.MarthaO'Boyle,
