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hi all At 18:25 2000/01/01 -0500, joao paulo wrote: >This is from N.Y. Times : :-) > >----- >Sexual fantasies may be better than aspirin for reducing pain, a >Johns Hopkins University study has found. > >In the study, 40 college students were asked to hold their hands >in ice water for as long as they could. Earlier, they had each >been asked to imagine sexual situations that they rated as >maximally pleasurable or less stirring. > >One group was asked to envision the "preferred fantasy" during the >ice immersion; others, "nonpreferred fantasy" or an emotionally >neutral act like walking to class. > >The students who most liked what they were thinking about were >able to keep their hands submerged for an average of three minutes, >compared with slightly less than a minute for the others. > >Those in the preferred fantasy group also scored lower on other pain >measures, said the study's author, Dr. Peter Staats, chief of the >university's pain medicine division. > >Results were presented at a conference in October and formally >released this month. > >In a 1996 study, Dr. Staats found that students who were told to >concentrate on words with positive connotations showed greater >endurance for cold than those thinking of negative words. > >Last year, he came across an article in The National Enquirer >summarizing that research. > >"Except that every time we used 'positive word,' they said 'sex,' " >Dr. Staats recalled. "I got a kick out of that, and thought that >would be a very strong positive emotional state that we could test." > >The results, he added, should remind physicians of "the power of >suggestion." > >"The effect was certainly more powerful than aspirin and in some >cases more powerful than mild narcotics," said Dr. Staats, who >specializes in placebo effects. > >------------------- > >Now folks you have learned another way to aliviate your pains .... >:-) >Cheers , >Joao Paulo - Salvador,Bahia,Brazil this sounds like excellent advice, joao paulo i'll try it and let the group know the results! janet janet marie paterson 52 now / 41 dx / 37 onset http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Village/6263/ 613 256 8340 PO Box 171 Almonte Ontario Canada K0A 1A0