History & Mission  |   Why Subscribe   |   How to Subscribe   |   Special Offer Sample Issues   |   Examples of Topics Covered   |   Home February 2009 Study says ‘keep your cool’ and you’ll heal faster  t’s been well established that stress can make us more susceptible to illness and slower to heal. Previous studies, for example, have found that people caring for a loved one with dementia heal more slowly from small wounds. Now, an Ohio State University study led by Jean-Phillipe Gouin and reported in the journal Brain, Behavior and Immunity suggests that people who can’t control their anger may also take longer to heal from an injury. For the study, researchers found 100 volunteers who agreed to let them make a small blister on their forearm, then cover it with plastic and see how quickly it healed. The volunteers were screened with a focus on how they dealt with anger, and they were categorized in three ways: (1) those who tended to keep their angry feelings to themselves, (2) those who let others know if they were angry, and (3) those who tended to fly off the handle. The study found that those who expressed anger and those who did not healed about the same. But the hotheads were four times as likely to heal at a slower rate. Media overload ‘unhealthy’ for children (click) Study says ‘keep your cool’ and you’ll heal faster (click)     Front Page Feature | Interchange | Elder Issues | Parenting | On the Job A Healthy You | We Recommend | Home

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