Body and Mind Flash Journal
By Blue Rose on Wednesday, 25 of March , 2009 at 12:00 am
Talk-and-touch theraphy gains – for years, some psychotherapists have regarded the idea of integrating talk theraphy with touch theraphy as suspect-and radical. Now, however, the United States Association for Body Psychotheraphy has formed to lend.
Did you call Mom today? – we spend an average of two hours a day feeling guilty about the little things in life. Luckily, mini guilt trips can make us more emphathetic.
How career goals affect woman’s well-being – a recent study at the University of Wisconsin in Madison found that middle-aged women who had failed to meet career goals were more depressed than those who hadn’t. Yet those who had accomplished above and beyond what they had set out to do were less likely to describe themselves as successful than women who had merely attained their goals, possibly because the overachievers continued to set higher goals for themselves.
Can we all live to be 100? – maybe so, say Duke University researchers who have found that the number of American centenarians has increased from about 3,500 in 1960 to more than 50,000 in 1995. By the year 2046, there could be as many as 1.5 million. Why? People are leading healthier lives – and receiving better medical care.
Too much sex – having frequent intercourse and using diaphragms with spermicide may boost your risk of developing urinary tract infection, found a recent study of sexually active young women reported in The New England Journal of Medicine. Sex five times per week tripled risk, but when women also used diaphragms with spermicide, risk increased four-to sixfold. Spermicide alone also increased risk in some women.
The best judge of character is a woman – so say researchers at Northeastern University in Boston. Gender aside, people who are considerate, warm and outgoing and value their relationships are also adept at sizing up others.
Night shifts can lead to unhealthy nibbling – security guards, nurses and nurses aides working the night shift gained, on average, eight pounds over a period of eight years, while their day-working peers lost about a pound, notes a study from The Obesity Researchers Center at St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital in New York City. Night shifters have less access to cafeterias and restaurants, so may turn to vending machines. Also, they may be less physically active on the job.
