Cognitively Based Compassion Training

Yesterday, I had the pleasure of listening to a lecture by Dr. Vincent Marconi regarding aging, infectious diseases, and the immune system. Vince, a Professor of Medicine at Emory University, discussed his recent study, Cognitively Based Compassion Training (CBCT) for HIV Immune Nonresponders—An Attention-Placebo Randomized Controlled Trial.

Vince and his co-authors demonstrated that CBCT is a novel and feasible non-medication-based intervention that could reduce inflammation and psychological stress in people living with HIV.

Compassion can actually blunt the aging process, in people with (and without) HIV! So besides outdoor exercise, nutrition, music/art/dance, and avoiding cigarettes, drugs, and alcohol, each of us could optimize our health by taking a CBCT course. We can reduce our stress levels and we can heal.

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