Tuesday, July 14, 2009

File Under: Studies I Can't Believe Got Funding

I now feel I should scream louder when I stub my toe.

Four-Letter Words: Kill Pain
By Kristina Fiore, Staff Writer, MedPage Today
Published: July 13, 2009
Reviewed by Robert Jasmer, MD; Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco and
Dorothy Caputo, MA, RN, BC-ADM, CDE, Nurse Planner

LITTLE FALLS, N.J., July 13 -- Cursing out loud during a painful experience may actually make it hurt less, researchers have found

Swearing increased pain tolerance while it speeded up the heart rate and decreased perceived pain, Richard Stephens, PhD, of Keele University in Staffordshire, U.K., and colleagues reported online in NeuroReport.

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