Reactivation of pro-health body responses is also seen in non-medical interventions, as in the correlation of meditation practice with a reduction in stress and depression. Research done on college students, for example, found that meditation led to a decrease in their inflammatory stress reaction, which was linked to the alleviation of their depression. The study found that students who participated faithfully in a six-week meditation training experienced improved immune system functioning. The students in a control group, who received only educational information about stress without the
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