The following is excerpted from the University of Massachusetts Medical School Centre for Mindfulness (CFM) Website, under Major Research Findings:

“A randomized clinical trial [Kabat-Zinn, Wheeler, et al 1998] showed that patients with moderate to severe psoriasis undergoing phototherapy or photochemotherapy and who listened to guided meditation tapes while receiving the ultraviolet light treatments healed at approximately four times
the rate of subjects receiving just the light treatments.”

“The CFM is also engaged in a number of other research projects including
the introduction of MBSR practices into the Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, an integrated MBSR/mindful dietary intervention for men with prostate cancer,
and a cost-effectiveness study of MBSR in conjunction with a large HMO.”

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