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***TASK*** the task is to summarize an input biomedical literature in six sentences 
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    Input: Sahaj Yoga is a meditative technique that has been found to have beneficial effects in some psycho-somatic illnesses . The study was carried out on 30 cases ( 19 Males , 11 females , age 18 - 45 years ) of major depression diagnosed on the basis of DSM IV criteria . The patients were then r and omly divided into two groups : Group 1 : ( 10 Males & 5 Females ) Patients who were practising Sahaj Yoga and also received conventional anti-depressants . Group 2 : ( 9 Males & 6 Females ) Patients who were only receiving conventional anti-depressants .  Training in Sahaj yoga was conducted under the supervision of a trained Sahaj Yogi for 8 weeks . At start of the study , all the patients were subjected to Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression ( HAM-D ) and Hamilton Rating Scale for Anxiety ( HAM-A ) . Above scales were again assessed after two months of treatment . There was significant improvement in HAM-D as well as HAM-A scores in both Group 1 and Group 2 patients ( P<0.001 ) . However , percentage improvement in HAM-D scores and HAM-A scores in patients receiving Sahaj Yoga was significantly higher than in Group 2 patients . The number of patients who went into remission after two months of intervention were also significantly higher in Group 1 patients ( P=0.02 ) . The present study demonstrates that Sahaj Yoga has got a potential role as a component in the management of depressive disorders Background : Sahaja Yoga is a traditional system of meditation based on yogic principles which may be used for therapeutic purpose s. A study was undertaken to assess the effectiveness of this therapy as an adjunctive tool in the management of asthma in adult patients who remained symptomatic on moderate to high doses of inhaled steroids . Methods : A parallel group , double blind , r and omised controlled trial was conducted . Subjects were r and omly allocated to Sahaja yoga and control intervention groups . Both the yoga and the control interventions required the subjects to attend a 2 hour session once a week for 4 months . Asthma related quality of life ( AQLQ , range 0–4 ) , Profile of Mood States ( POMS ) , level of airway hyperresponsiveness to methacholine ( AHR ) , and a diary card based combined asthma score ( CAS , range 0–12 ) reflecting symptoms , bronchodilator usage , and peak expiratory flow rates were measured at the end of the treatment period and again 2 months later . Results : Twenty one of 30 subjects r and omised to the yoga intervention and 26 of 29 subjects r and omised to the control group were available for assessment at the end of treatment . The improvement in AHR at the end of treatment was 1.5 doubling doses ( 95 % confidence interval ( CI ) 0.0 to 2.9 , p=0.047 ) greater in the yoga intervention group than in the control group . Differences in AQLQ score ( 0.41 , 95 % CI –0.04 to 0.86 ) and CAS ( 0.9 , 95 % CI –0.9 to 2.7 ) were not significant ( p>0.05 ) . The AQLQ mood subscale did improve more in the yoga group than in the control group ( difference 0.63 , 95 % CI 0.06 to 1.20 ) , as did the summary POMS score ( difference 18.4 , 95 % CI 0.2 to 36.5 , p=0.05 ) . There were no significant differences between the two groups at the 2 month follow up assessment . Conclusions : This r and omised controlled trial has shown that the practice of Sahaja yoga does have limited beneficial effects on some objective and subjective measures of the impact of asthma . Further work is required to underst and the mechanism underlying the observed effects and to establish whether elements of this intervention may be clinical ly valuable in patients with severe asthma Objective . To assess the effect of meditation on work stress , anxiety and mood in full-time workers . Methods . 178 adult workers participated in an 8-week , 3-arm r and omized controlled trial comparing a “ mental silence ” approach to meditation ( n = 59 ) to a “ relaxation ” active control ( n = 56 ) and a wait-list control ( n = 63 ) . Participants were assessed before and after using Psychological Strain Question naire ( PSQ ) , a subscale of the larger Occupational Stress Inventory ( OSI ) , the State component of the State/Trait Anxiety Inventory for Adults ( STAI ) , and the depression-dejection ( DD ) subscale of the Profile of Mood States ( POMS ) . Results . There was a significant improvement for the meditation group compared to both the relaxation control and the wait-list groups the PSQ ( P = .026 ) , and DD ( P = .019 ) . Conclusions . Mental silence-orientated meditation , in this case Sahaja Yoga meditation , is a safe and effective strategy for dealing with work stress and depressive feelings . The findings suggest that “ thought reduction ” or “ mental silence ” may have specific effects relevant to work stress and hence occupational health OBJECTIVE The present study investigates the effect of Sahaja yoga meditation on quality of life , anxiety , and blood pressure control . DESIGN The prospect i ve observational cohort study enrolled two study groups : those receiving treatment from the International Sahaja Yoga Research and Health Center ( meditation group ) and those receiving treatment from the Mahatma G and hi Mission Hospital ( control group ) . Research ers measured quality of life , anxiety , and blood pressure before and after treatment . RESULTS Sixty-seven ( 67 ) participants in the meditation group and 62 participants in the control group completed the study . The two groups were comparable in demographic and clinical characteristics . At baseline , the meditation group had higher quality of life ( p<0.001 ) than controls but similar anxiety level ( p=0.74 ) to controls . Within-group pre- versus post-treatment comparisons showed significant improvement in quality of life , anxiety , and blood pressure in the meditation group ( p<0.001 ) , while in controls , quality of life deteriorated and there was no improvement in blood pressure . The improvement in quality of life , anxiety reduction , and blood pressure control was greater in the meditation group . The beneficial effect of meditation remained significant after adjusting for confounders . CONCLUSIONS Meditation treatment was associated with significant improvements in quality of life , anxiety reduction , and blood pressure control The main objective of the present investigation was to examine how long-term meditation practice is manifested in EEG activity under conditions of non-emotional arousal ( eyes-closed and eyes-open periods , viewing emotionally neutral movie clip ) and while experiencing experimentally induced negative emotions ( viewing aversive movie clip ) . The 62-channel EEG was recorded in age-matched control individuals ( n=25 ) and Sahaja Yoga meditators ( SYM , n=25 ) . Findings from the non-emotional continuum show that at the lowest level of arousal ( eyes closed ) SYM manifested larger power values in theta-1 ( 4–6 Hz ) , theta-2 ( 6–8 Hz ) and alpha-1 ( 8–10 Hz ) frequency b and s. Although increasing arousal desynchronized activity in these b and s in both groups , the theta-2 and alpha-1 power in the eyes-open period and alpha-1 power while viewing the neutral clip remained still higher in the SYM . During eyes-closed and eyes-open periods the controls were marked by larger right than left hemisphere power , indexing relatively more active left hemisphere parieto-temporal cortex whereas meditators manifested no hemisphere asymmetry . When contrasted with the neutral , the aversive movie clip yielded significant alpha desynchronization in both groups , reflecting arousing nature of emotional induction . In the control group along with alpha desynchronization affective movie clip synchronized gamma power over anterior cortical sites . This was not seen in the SYM . Overall , the presented report emphasizes that the revealed changes in the electrical brain activity associated with regular meditation practice are dynamical by nature and depend on arousal level . The EEG power findings also provide the first empirical proof of a theoretical assumption that meditators have better capabilities to moderate intensity of emotional arousal EEG spectral power and coherence estimates in the individually defined delta , theta , alpha-1 , alpha-2 , and alpha-3 b and s were used to identify and characterize brain regions involved in meditative states , in which focused internalized attention gives rise to emotionally positive " blissful " experience . Blissful state was accompanied by increased anterior frontal and midline theta synchronization as well as enhanced theta long-distant connectivity between prefrontal and posterior association cortex with distinct " center of gravity " in the left prefrontal region ( AF3 site ) . Subjective scores of emotional experience significantly correlated with theta , whereas scores of internalized attention with both theta and alpha lower synchronization . Our results propose selective associations of theta and alpha oscillating networks activity with states of internalized attention and positive emotional experience 
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***TASK*** the task is to summarize an input biomedical literature in six sentences 
    ***INPUT*** the input is a biomedical literature 
    ***OUTPUT*** the output is the summary of an input biomedical literature in six sentences 
    ***DOCUMENTATION*** 
    ***EXAMPLES*** 
    Input: Sahaj Yoga is a meditative technique that has been found to have beneficial effects in some psycho-somatic illnesses . The study was carried out on 30 cases ( 19 Males , 11 females , age 18 - 45 years ) of major depression diagnosed on the basis of DSM IV criteria . The patients were then r and omly divided into two groups : Group 1 : ( 10 Males & 5 Females ) Patients who were practising Sahaj Yoga and also received conventional anti-depressants . Group 2 : ( 9 Males & 6 Females ) Patients who were only receiving conventional anti-depressants .  Training in Sahaj yoga was conducted under the supervision of a trained Sahaj Yogi for 8 weeks . At start of the study , all the patients were subjected to Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression ( HAM-D ) and Hamilton Rating Scale for Anxiety ( HAM-A ) . Above scales were again assessed after two months of treatment . There was significant improvement in HAM-D as well as HAM-A scores in both Group 1 and Group 2 patients ( P<0.001 ) . However , percentage improvement in HAM-D scores and HAM-A scores in patients receiving Sahaj Yoga was significantly higher than in Group 2 patients . The number of patients who went into remission after two months of intervention were also significantly higher in Group 1 patients ( P=0.02 ) . The present study demonstrates that Sahaj Yoga has got a potential role as a component in the management of depressive disorders Background : Sahaja Yoga is a traditional system of meditation based on yogic principles which may be used for therapeutic purpose s. A study was undertaken to assess the effectiveness of this therapy as an adjunctive tool in the management of asthma in adult patients who remained symptomatic on moderate to high doses of inhaled steroids . Methods : A parallel group , double blind , r and omised controlled trial was conducted . Subjects were r and omly allocated to Sahaja yoga and control intervention groups . Both the yoga and the control interventions required the subjects to attend a 2 hour session once a week for 4 months . Asthma related quality of life ( AQLQ , range 0–4 ) , Profile of Mood States ( POMS ) , level of airway hyperresponsiveness to methacholine ( AHR ) , and a diary card based combined asthma score ( CAS , range 0–12 ) reflecting symptoms , bronchodilator usage , and peak expiratory flow rates were measured at the end of the treatment period and again 2 months later . Results : Twenty one of 30 subjects r and omised to the yoga intervention and 26 of 29 subjects r and omised to the control group were available for assessment at the end of treatment . The improvement in AHR at the end of treatment was 1.5 doubling doses ( 95 % confidence interval ( CI ) 0.0 to 2.9 , p=0.047 ) greater in the yoga intervention group than in the control group . Differences in AQLQ score ( 0.41 , 95 % CI –0.04 to 0.86 ) and CAS ( 0.9 , 95 % CI –0.9 to 2.7 ) were not significant ( p>0.05 ) . The AQLQ mood subscale did improve more in the yoga group than in the control group ( difference 0.63 , 95 % CI 0.06 to 1.20 ) , as did the summary POMS score ( difference 18.4 , 95 % CI 0.2 to 36.5 , p=0.05 ) . There were no significant differences between the two groups at the 2 month follow up assessment . Conclusions : This r and omised controlled trial has shown that the practice of Sahaja yoga does have limited beneficial effects on some objective and subjective measures of the impact of asthma . Further work is required to underst and the mechanism underlying the observed effects and to establish whether elements of this intervention may be clinical ly valuable in patients with severe asthma Objective . To assess the effect of meditation on work stress , anxiety and mood in full-time workers . Methods . 178 adult workers participated in an 8-week , 3-arm r and omized controlled trial comparing a “ mental silence ” approach to meditation ( n = 59 ) to a “ relaxation ” active control ( n = 56 ) and a wait-list control ( n = 63 ) . Participants were assessed before and after using Psychological Strain Question naire ( PSQ ) , a subscale of the larger Occupational Stress Inventory ( OSI ) , the State component of the State/Trait Anxiety Inventory for Adults ( STAI ) , and the depression-dejection ( DD ) subscale of the Profile of Mood States ( POMS ) . Results . There was a significant improvement for the meditation group compared to both the relaxation control and the wait-list groups the PSQ ( P = .026 ) , and DD ( P = .019 ) . Conclusions . Mental silence-orientated meditation , in this case Sahaja Yoga meditation , is a safe and effective strategy for dealing with work stress and depressive feelings . The findings suggest that “ thought reduction ” or “ mental silence ” may have specific effects relevant to work stress and hence occupational health OBJECTIVE The present study investigates the effect of Sahaja yoga meditation on quality of life , anxiety , and blood pressure control . DESIGN The prospect i ve observational cohort study enrolled two study groups : those receiving treatment from the International Sahaja Yoga Research and Health Center ( meditation group ) and those receiving treatment from the Mahatma G and hi Mission Hospital ( control group ) . Research ers measured quality of life , anxiety , and blood pressure before and after treatment . RESULTS Sixty-seven ( 67 ) participants in the meditation group and 62 participants in the control group completed the study . The two groups were comparable in demographic and clinical characteristics . At baseline , the meditation group had higher quality of life ( p<0.001 ) than controls but similar anxiety level ( p=0.74 ) to controls . Within-group pre- versus post-treatment comparisons showed significant improvement in quality of life , anxiety , and blood pressure in the meditation group ( p<0.001 ) , while in controls , quality of life deteriorated and there was no improvement in blood pressure . The improvement in quality of life , anxiety reduction , and blood pressure control was greater in the meditation group . The beneficial effect of meditation remained significant after adjusting for confounders . CONCLUSIONS Meditation treatment was associated with significant improvements in quality of life , anxiety reduction , and blood pressure control The main objective of the present investigation was to examine how long-term meditation practice is manifested in EEG activity under conditions of non-emotional arousal ( eyes-closed and eyes-open periods , viewing emotionally neutral movie clip ) and while experiencing experimentally induced negative emotions ( viewing aversive movie clip ) . The 62-channel EEG was recorded in age-matched control individuals ( n=25 ) and Sahaja Yoga meditators ( SYM , n=25 ) . Findings from the non-emotional continuum show that at the lowest level of arousal ( eyes closed ) SYM manifested larger power values in theta-1 ( 4–6 Hz ) , theta-2 ( 6–8 Hz ) and alpha-1 ( 8–10 Hz ) frequency b and s. Although increasing arousal desynchronized activity in these b and s in both groups , the theta-2 and alpha-1 power in the eyes-open period and alpha-1 power while viewing the neutral clip remained still higher in the SYM . During eyes-closed and eyes-open periods the controls were marked by larger right than left hemisphere power , indexing relatively more active left hemisphere parieto-temporal cortex whereas meditators manifested no hemisphere asymmetry . When contrasted with the neutral , the aversive movie clip yielded significant alpha desynchronization in both groups , reflecting arousing nature of emotional induction . In the control group along with alpha desynchronization affective movie clip synchronized gamma power over anterior cortical sites . This was not seen in the SYM . Overall , the presented report emphasizes that the revealed changes in the electrical brain activity associated with regular meditation practice are dynamical by nature and depend on arousal level . The EEG power findings also provide the first empirical proof of a theoretical assumption that meditators have better capabilities to moderate intensity of emotional arousal EEG spectral power and coherence estimates in the individually defined delta , theta , alpha-1 , alpha-2 , and alpha-3 b and s were used to identify and characterize brain regions involved in meditative states , in which focused internalized attention gives rise to emotionally positive " blissful " experience . Blissful state was accompanied by increased anterior frontal and midline theta synchronization as well as enhanced theta long-distant connectivity between prefrontal and posterior association cortex with distinct " center of gravity " in the left prefrontal region ( AF3 site ) . Subjective scores of emotional experience significantly correlated with theta , whereas scores of internalized attention with both theta and alpha lower synchronization . Our results propose selective associations of theta and alpha oscillating networks activity with states of internalized attention and positive emotional experience 
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