Body-Mind-Spirit News

• Mental Barriers Block Obese Women From Exercise
  The women completed a questionnaire when the study began and during three- and 12-month follow-up assessments. The questionnaire dealt with mental barriers to exercise, including: Feeling self-conscious...
• Question: When will my husband become a romantic? Answer: 53
  Craving a little romance? If the man in your life is under 53, you may be waiting some time. That, apparently, is the age at which men are their most romantic...
• Does Waiting Out Knee Pain Work?
  In our culture, the top of the therapeutic pyramid is occupied by the most technically based, usually invasive, potentially dangerous, expensive treatments. Studies show this isn't the way to go for most knee pain... [see pain relief lotion]
• Stress and Suicide in Hard Times: How People Really React
  New research notes that suicides actually decrease during times of social and economic stress...
• Vitamin D a key player in overall health of several body organs
  New research reveals 36 organ tissues in the body whose cells respond biologically to vitamin D. The list includes bone marrow, breast, colon, intestine, kidney, lung, prostate, retina, skin, stomach and the uterus...
• Dressed for Distress: Clothing's Effects on the Mind
  Clothes make the man—and they might also reflect his mind. A recent study of London teens reveals that choice of clothing style may affect mental health...
• Why Some Kids Are Bullied From the Start
  A new report, found that aggressive infants, and those from low-income families or exposed to harsh parenting styles, were more likely to be consistently victimized...
• Excess Drinking Shrinks the Brain
  The more alcohol you drink, the more your brain shrinks, a new study has found. This is something known, but this is a huge study that quantifies that...