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Why the #$%! Do We Swear? For Pain Relief
Dropping the F-bomb or other expletives may not only be an expression of agony, but also a means to alleviate it

By Frederik Joelving Courtesy of Scientific American -Health


Bad language could be good for you, a new study shows. For the first time, psychologists have found that swearing may serve an important function in relieving pain.

The study, published today in the journal NeuroReport, measured how long college students could keep their h… Continue

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Burning Incense Is Psychoactive: New Class Of Antidepressants Might Be Right Under Our Noses

ScienceDaily (May 20, 2… Continue

Light Therapy is Good Medicine for Depression
Darkness of Depression Lifts with Light Therapy

Medical research has confirmed that light therapy is an effective treatment "Major Depression" in addition to it's routine use in treating Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) or "winter depression". Such research represents a remarkable breakthrough in our understanding of depression and the options available to people suffering from depression.

Major Depression affects between 15 % to 25 % of the popul… Continue

A REVIEW of LIGHT THERAPY and IT'S MEDICAL APPLICATIONS
Light Therapy Used to Treat 20 Medical Conditions

The Journal of the American Medical Association, New England Journal of Medicine, American Journal of Psychiatry and other respected medical journals increasingly publish research that demonstrates light therapy is a standard and effective medical treatment for a broad range of medical conditions. The effectiveness and importance of light therapy is supported by 25 years of research conduct… Continue

The Health Benefits of Crying
Tears Contain Toxic Stress Hormones

Scientific research in the 21st century supports ancient intuition that crying is good for our health. Practitioner's of folk wisdom down through the ages encouraged suffering people to shed tears. Many people have a memories of an older and wiser person in our lives tell us that "a good cry will help you feel better".

As far as we know, human beings are the only creatures that shed tears. Although crying is a universal human ex… Continue