^aRetired, Formerly Dean of Research, Maharishi University of Management, Fairfield, Iowa

^bGeorgia Institute for Prevention of Human Diseases and Accidents, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia

^cIndependent Scientist, Cowden, Kent

^dGeneral Practitioner, Bury St Edmunds, UK

All of the authors practice Transcendental Meditation (TM), but none have any financial affiliation with TM, the TM organization, or any of its subsidiaries.

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