Nurses Corner

Friday, March 03, 2006

Hard Hearted Hannah

An interesting news story came to my email today.

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A new study shows that hardening of the coronary arteries is more likely in wives when their husbands express hostility during marital arguments, and more common in husbands when either he or his spouse acts in a controlling manner." (http://healthfinder.gov/news/newsstory.asp?docID=531357)



No big surprise there. The mind body connection is alive and well. That the mind would have no influence over health is simply preposterous. Nearly daily we learn just how much our minds influence our health.

"You are what you think" is not only true as far as attitude or self-esteem go, it goes much deeper, into the heart, and down to the cellular level.

For more information see http://healthfinder.gov/news/newsstory.asp?docID=531357