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Swearing is a powerful painkiller, study shows

You may already know this to be true, but now there is scientific evidence... MSNBC, "The Body Odd" 19April2011 -- Next time you stub your toe, go ahead and let those four-letter words fly. Cursing actually does help dull our perception of pain, new research suggests. In the study, researchers from the UK's Keele University asked [...]

Kids with Migraines: Their Mental Health is Fine

By Stephanie Sarkis|2016-10-05T06:45:49-04:00February 18th, 2011|Categories: Depression/Anxiety, Parenting, Research|Tags: ADHD, aggression, CD, children, children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, conduct disorder, Depression, diagnosis, dysthymia, headaches, internalizing, internalizing behaviors, kids, mental health, migraines, mood disorders, nes, ODD, oppositional defiant disorder, pain, parenting, pathology, Research, somatic complains, study, withdrawal|

In a study by Bruijn, et al. (2010), it was found that compared to healthy children, children with migraines: * do not exhibit more withdrawn behavior * do not have more thought problems * do not have more social problems * do not exhibit more delinquent or aggressive behavior * are not more frequently diagnosed with [...]