Thibodeaux & Matt Rosano: Meditation and Immune Function: The Impact of Stress Management on the Immune System

By Thibodeaux & Matt Rosano
July 2018

As alternative forms of medicine have become increasingly popular, research on the health benefits of meditation has grown. Specifically, Mindfulness Meditation, Transcendental Meditation, and Qigong have been shown to be effective in treating psychological disorders, enhancing immune function, and in delaying disease progression in patients diagnosed with HIV, the varicella-zoster virus, and dermatomyositis. This paper briefly reviews the historical background of the many forms of meditation and examines in detail the effects meditation has on several markers of immune function including Natural Killer cell activity, B-lymphocytes, telomerase activity, and CD8+ T-cell

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Meditation and Immune Function: The Impact of Stress Management on the Immune System