Kindness in the Blood: How Helping Others Reduces Inflammation

David R. Hamilton Ph.D. – Studies now show that being kind to people causes genetic effects in immune cells.

Kindness is more than something that you do. It’s also an experience you have – whether you’re the giver of kindness, the receiver, or even if you witness it or just hear about it second hand.

And that experience brings about crucially important effects in your brain and throughout your body. Here, I’d like to describe some groundbreaking research showing that kindness impacts the genetic activity of circulating immune cells in the bloodstream. Continue reading →