Today's Parade magazine (included with many Sunday papers) includes an article entitled "Thoughts Can Heal Your Body" which speaks of research being done in the mind-body area. "There is ample evidence that negative thoughts and feelings can be harmful to the body," one doctor says. Other researchers have demonstrated "how even minor psychological stress--that of newlyweds having their first fight or of students facing an exam--can compromise the immune system. The researchers found that a marital spat delays wound-healing and that the stress of caring for an Alzheimer's patient leaves the caregiver more vulnerable to illness even years later." The article concludes: "Just as our thoughts can make us ill, they also can help us heal, say those who practice mind-body therapies....The mind is our most potent weapon in the battle for health."
Not exactly Dr. Sarno, but on the same wavelength. The most surprising thing in the article to me, a Bostonian, was the news that, at Massachusetts General Hospital (only a few minutes away from me), there exists the Benson-Henry Institute for Mind Body Medicine. With Mass. General's money and prestige, I think this is good news.
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Article on Mind Body Connection
Posted - 03/09/2008 : 19:38:03
