I love when research catches up to what we have already been saying for years! Plus, I am proud to say that this research was done right here in Pittsburgh at CMU. 

Studies using Mindfulness Meditation with adults ages 55-85, showed to reduce loneliness and reduce inflammatory disease risk.

"Reductions in the expression of inflammation-related genes were particularly significant because inflammation contributes to a wide variety of the health threats including cancer, cardiovascular diseases and neurodegenerative diseases," said study collaborator Steven Cole, professor of medicine and psychiatry and bio-behavioral sciences at the UCLA School of Medicine.

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