Scientists are increasingly interested in the medicinal benefits of meditation. Hemal Patel, who has a doctorate in pharmacology and toxicology and is a professor and vice chair for research in the Department of Anesthesiology at UC San Diego School of Medicine, has recently secured a $10 million funding commitment from the InnerScience Research Fund to study how meditation may impede the progression of serious terminal and chronic illnesses.
During an interview with Dan Skorbach from EpochTV’s “Frontline Health” program, Patel emphasized the goal of integrating meditation into conventional medicine rather than treating it as merely an alternative approach.
Patel and his team have made several discoveries regarding the benefits of meditation for physical and mental well-being. They found that meditation can induce changes in people’s metabolites within just seven days, reduce the infectivity of COVID-19, and potentially treat various chronic diseases in clinical settings….