Re: trabalhos interessantes VI
From: =?Windows-1252?Q?João_Batista_Marinho_de_Castro_Lima?= (jbmclima@uol.com.br)
Sat, 17 Feb 2001 15:37:32 -0300
Sobre o efeito do humor sobre vários aspectos da fisiologia humana, sugiro a
leitura do livro de Michel Odent - A Cientificação do Amor, que trata entre
outros assuntos da função das endorfinas e outros peptídeos endógenos no
processo de parto.
João Batista
Belo Horizonte - MG
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From: "Jaime" <jaimen@zaz.com.br>
To: "Multiple recipients of list OBSTET-L" <obstet-l@forum.obgyn.net>
Sent: Friday, February 16, 2001 9:26 PM
Subject: trabalhos interessantes VI
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> Um Estudo japonês mostra a força curativa do humor
>
> O Dr. Hajime Kimata submeteu homens e mulheres com desordens alérgicas
> cutâneas e induzidas por alergênicos e dividiu em grupos. Um grupo
assistiu
> a clássica comédia "Tempos Modernos" de Charlie Chaplin, o outro grupo
> assistiu um vídeo qualquer.
> Foram medidas as extensões das áreas cutâneas afetadas e suas bordas,
> antes e após os filmes.
> O grupo que deu gargalhadas durante 87 minutos com o irresistível Chaplin,
> teve melhora significativa confirmada imediatamente.
>
> Mais detalhes
>
> CHICAGO (AP) - Charlie Chaplin beat 1 1/2 hours of weather
> information in a study of the healing power of humor - no kidding.
> The Japanese study found that skin welts shrank in allergy patients
> who watched Chaplin's comedic classic "Modern Times," but not in
> patients who watched a video on weather. "These results suggest that
> the induction of laughter may play some role in alleviating allergic
> diseases," said Dr. Hajime Kimata of Unitika Central Hospital in
> Kyoto Prefecture. Kimata was influenced by the author Norman
> Cousins' 30-year-old research suggesting that laughter and a
> positive attitude can help reduce pain. Cousins suffered from a
> life-threatening joint disease and reported that 10 minutes of
> laughter helped reduce his pain. Kimata reported on results found
> after 87 minutes. Twenty-six men and women with allergic skin rashes
> and allergies to dust mites were given injections of an
> allergy-producing substance. Their skin welts were measured before
> and after the videos. Kimata said exactly how humor might have
> reduced the welts is not known. But Dr. Margaret Stuber, a professor
> of psychiatry and biobehavioral sciences at UCLA, said his premise
> "makes a lot of sense from a scientific standpoint." She pointed to
> a growing body of research suggesting that stress undermines the
> disease-fighting immune system. Easing stress, which laughter can
> do, might then have a positive effect.
>
> Jaime Nonato http://www.jaimenonato.com jaimen@zaz.com.br
>
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