5 Reasons Your Doc Might Prescribe Meditation--and One Reason She Won't

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2. It may enhance the immune system.

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Research is emerging that suggests meditation could boost your ability to fight off infection, possibly through a quelling of the body's stress and inflammatory responses, experts speculate. Davidson conducted a small study that showed a heightened response to the flu vaccine, measured by an enhanced antibody response, in participants who had done an eight-week mindfulness meditation program, compared with control participants.

[See 5 Ways to be Mindful and Achieve Optimal Health.]

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