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1、Doctor'sOrders:20MinutesOfMeditationTwiceADay神奇的医嘱：冥想AtBethIsraelDeaconessMedicalCenterinBoston,doctor'sorderscanincludeanunlikelyprescription:meditation.'Irecommendfiveminutes,twiceaday,andthengraduallyincrease,'saidAditiNerurkar,aprimary-caredoctoran
2、dassistantmedicaldirectoroftheCheng&TsuiCenterforIntegrativeCare,whichoffersalternativemedicaltreatmentattheHarvardMedicalSchool-affiliatedhospital.'It'sbasicallythesamewayIprescribemedicine.Idon'tstartyouonahighdoserightaway.'Sherecommendsthatpatients
3、eventuallyworkuptoabout20minutesofmeditating,twiceaday,forconditionsincludinginsomniaandirritablebowelsyndrome.Integrativemedicineprogramsincludingmeditationareincreasinglyshowingupathospitalsandclinicsacrossthecountry.Recentresearchhasfoundthatmeditat
4、ioncanlowerbloodpressureandhelppatientswithchronicillnesscopewithpainanddepression.Inastudypublishedlastyear,meditationsharplyreducedtheriskofheartattackorstrokeamongagroupofAfrican-Americanswithheartdisease.AtBethIsraelDeaconess,meditationandothermind
5、-bodytherapiesareslowlybeingworkedintotheprimary-caresetting.Theprogrambeganofferingsomeservicesoverthepastsixmonthsandhopeseventuallytohavegroupmeditationclasses,saidDr.Nerurkar.Healthexpertssaymeditationshouldn'tbeusedtoreplacetraditionalmedicalthera
6、pies,butrathertocomplementthem.Whileitisclearthat'whenyoubreatheinaveryslow,consciouswayittemporarilylowersyourbloodpressure,'suchtechniquesshouldn'tbeusedtosubstituteformedicationstomanagehighbloodpressureandotherseriousconditions,saidJosephineBriggs,
7、directoroftheNationalCenterforComplementaryandAlternativeMedicine,partoftheNationalInstitutesofHealth.Ingeneral,shesaid,meditationcanbeusefulforsymptommanagement,nottocureortreatdisease.Dr.Briggssaidtheagencyisfundinganumberofstudieslookingatmeditation
8、andbreathingtechniquesandtheireffectonnumerousconditions,includinghotflashesthatoccurduringmenopause.Ifmeditationisfoundtobebeneficial,itcouldhelpwomenavoidusinghormonetreatments,whichcanhavedetrimentalsideeffects,shesaid.MarthaO'Boyle,
