"Marriage is an alliance entered into by a man who can't sleep with the window shut, and a woman who can't sleep with the window open."George Bernard Shaw
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Enzymes and Your Health, Are Proteases Dangerous
This compilation of information is Copyright 2005 by http://www.organicgreens.us and Loring Windblad. The references for this series of articles is the author's personal knowledge and experience, the book "Enzymes for Autism and other Nurological ...
The Benefits Of Reading Natural Health Magazines
If you intend to go on a diet, the most important thing you should do is get the right information about your diet. You can help yourself by subscribing to a natural health magazine. This will ensure that all your fitness and dietary needs are met. A ...
Therapeutic Strategies in Mental Health
There are many therapeutic strategies in mental health, and each depends on the patient and the diagnoses. For example, therapist will often use what is known as eclectic technique therapy for group meetings. The focus of this therapeutic strategy is to ...
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According to the Journal of the American Medical Association, writing about stressful life events helped reduce symptoms of asthma and rheumatoid arthritis in patients with these chronic illnesses. The effects of the writing exercise were still evident four months later and resulted in clinically meaningful improvements in patient symptoms.
Interestingly, studies showed that asthma patients who wrote about their most stressful life events showed a 19-percent improvement in lung function; similarly, rheumatoid arthritis patients had a 28-percent reduction in symptoms.
These findings add to a growing body of evidence that links mental and emotional health to physical well-being. Although researchers aren't sure exactly how expressive writing can lead to health improvements, they theorize that writing help people cope with stress, and stress-as well all know-clearly impacts health.
University of Texas at Austin psychologist and researcher James Pennebaker believes that regular journaling strengthens immune cells, called T-lymphocytes. He theorizes that writing about stressful events helps you come to terms with them, thus reducing the impact of these stressors on your physical health.
Louise Moran, a nurse coordinator, has written about a patient who, during a serious illness, sent daily e-mails to friends and family about her illness, a practice the woman believes played a pivotal role in her healing process. Moran said another patient felt that journaling helped her create a new life after breast cancer. There have even been studies suggesting that journaling in healthy people actually improves the immune system.
Patti Testerman is content manager at JournalGenie.com, the only online site that analyzes your writing and then gives you instant feedback. Want to discover self-defeating patterns, or find better ways to communicate in a relationship? Check out our site.
patti@journalgenie.com
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 CDC: Salmonella Outbreak Spreads To 42 States - KAKE TV
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Shares of health insurers were battered throughout 2008, in part because of smaller profit margins brought on by years of price cuts. Analysts on Wednesday offered differing opinions on whether that will continue in 2009 and beyond. More on UNH ...
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