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Mindfulness works just as well as medication to curb anxiety, study finds
CNN  —  A mindfulness meditation course may be as effective at reducing anxiety as a common medication, according to a new study. The research, published on November 9 in JAMA Psychiatry, involved a group of 276 adults with untreated anxiety disorders. Half of the patients were randomly selected to take 10 to 20 mg of escitalopram, the generic form of Lexapro, a common medication used to treat anxiety and depression. The other half were assigned to an eight-week course in mindfulness-based stress reduction. The results were stunning: Both groups experienced about a 20 percent reduction in their anxiety symptoms over the eight-week period. Elizabeth Hoge, the lead author on the study and the

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