what raised the chance of you thinking that meditation will help treat certain diseases?

Question: what raised the chance of you thinking that meditation will help treat certain diseases?
- Keywords:
  diseases,
  meditation,
  treatment
Asked by anon-182270 to Daniel on 18 Jun 2018.
- Daniel Rhodes answered on 18 Jun 2018:
  
  Honestly I know very little about this. I know there is interest in and evidence for using meditation to treat certain mental health problems. Also if it helps reduce stress for you, then it might help protect against conditions where stress is a risk factor, such as cardiovascular disease.

Question: what raised the chance of you thinking that meditation will help treat certain diseases?