Tweet Mind-Body-Spirit News: People who deal effectively with stress may enjoy not only greater peace of mind and spirit but also better physical health. In the Normative Aging Study, older Caucasian men with more effective skills for coping with stress had higher levels of HDL (“good”) cholesterol than their more hostile or socially isolated peers…. [Continue Reading]

Tweet Mind-Body-Spirit News: For a quick stress-buster and boost to the immune system, try self- massage. Benefits of self-massage include the fact that you possess your own equipment, you can do it wherever and whenever you want, and you don’t need to hire a professional therapist. [Click here to read full article] Tweet

Tweet Mind-Body-Spirit News: A harp musician provides live bedside music to soothe patients and support a healing atmosphere at Loyola University Hospital in Maywood, Illinois. The practice of musicians providing therapeutic music in hospitals, hospices and other clinical settings is gaining broader acceptance. In fact, it is becoming so prevalent that musicians can now earn… [Continue Reading]

Tweet Fitness professionals have long known that the right music can either rev up or relax their participants, but new research has revealed the depth of music’s power. As a result, healthcare professionals now use music to stimulate motor function in patients whose nerves have been impaired by stroke or Parkinson’s disease. Some farmers even… [Continue Reading]