Sanctioned fun: seeking the good life may help your health

Article Abstract:

Research indicates that positive experiences are associated with a rise in the level of antibodies, while a reduction in the number of antibodies is associated with negative experiences. A lack of positive events has a greater negative effect on antibody level than the presence of negative events.

Recreation

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Better tomorrow: can stress reduction really hasten healing?

Article Abstract:

Research indicates that people under chronic stress take longer to heal from simple surgery than those who are more relaxed. Of 26 women who had moles biopsied, the 13 that were under chronic stress took an average of 9 days longer to heal than the other women.

Research, Healing

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Mightier than the scapel: words may help you heal after surgery

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Anesthesiology professor James C. Erickson II believes that positive suggestions should become a part of anesthesia. He has found that patients who receive positive suggestions from members of the surgical team leave the recovery room faster than expected.

Practice, Anesthesia, Mental suggestion, Autosuggestion

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