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Put this on anxiety page, but as so many of us beepers also suffer from anxiety, thought you'd like to see this as well. New study out that I just got in my in-box. Just reinforces what we already know, but nice to see in black and white:
Music Soothes Anxiety as Well as Massage Does
Listening to relaxing tunes might be more cost-effective, researchers add
(HealthDay News) -- Massage can reduce anxiety, but no better than a cheaper approach -- simply relaxing while listening to soft, soothing music.
A new study shows that patients, on average, had half the symptoms of anxiety three months after getting a series of 10 hour-long massages. But researchers were surprised to find that massages didn't reduce anxiety anymore than lying down and listening to enjoyable music.
"We were surprised to find that the benefits of massage were no greater than those of the same number of sessions of ... listening to relaxing music," Karen J. Sherman, a senior investigator at Group Health Research Institute, said in a news release from the institute. "This suggests that the benefits of massage may be due to a generalized relaxation response."
The study is the first to examine the effectiveness of massage as a treatment for patients with generalized anxiety disorder.
The researchers randomly assigned 68 patients with anxiety to one of three treatments. Some received 10 one-hour massages as music played, while others breathed deeply while lying down and listening to music. Patients in a third group had their arms and legs wrapped with heating pads and warm towels as they listened to music.
The groups didn't show any difference in their level of relief after three months.
"Treatment in a relaxing room is much less expensive than the other treatments [massage or thermotherapy], so it might be the most cost-effective option for people with generalized anxiety disorder who want to try a relaxation-oriented complementary medicine therapy," Sherman said.
The findings were published recently in the journal Depression and Anxiety.
More information
The National Institute of Mental Health has more on generalized anxiety disorder.
-- Randy Dotinga
SOURCE: Group Health Cooperative, news release, March 2010
Music Soothes Anxiety as Well as Massage Does
Listening to relaxing tunes might be more cost-effective, researchers add
(HealthDay News) -- Massage can reduce anxiety, but no better than a cheaper approach -- simply relaxing while listening to soft, soothing music.
A new study shows that patients, on average, had half the symptoms of anxiety three months after getting a series of 10 hour-long massages. But researchers were surprised to find that massages didn't reduce anxiety anymore than lying down and listening to enjoyable music.
"We were surprised to find that the benefits of massage were no greater than those of the same number of sessions of ... listening to relaxing music," Karen J. Sherman, a senior investigator at Group Health Research Institute, said in a news release from the institute. "This suggests that the benefits of massage may be due to a generalized relaxation response."
The study is the first to examine the effectiveness of massage as a treatment for patients with generalized anxiety disorder.
The researchers randomly assigned 68 patients with anxiety to one of three treatments. Some received 10 one-hour massages as music played, while others breathed deeply while lying down and listening to music. Patients in a third group had their arms and legs wrapped with heating pads and warm towels as they listened to music.
The groups didn't show any difference in their level of relief after three months.
"Treatment in a relaxing room is much less expensive than the other treatments [massage or thermotherapy], so it might be the most cost-effective option for people with generalized anxiety disorder who want to try a relaxation-oriented complementary medicine therapy," Sherman said.
The findings were published recently in the journal Depression and Anxiety.
More information
The National Institute of Mental Health has more on generalized anxiety disorder.
-- Randy Dotinga
SOURCE: Group Health Cooperative, news release, March 2010
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My 6mo twin DD's are EBF and just started rice cereal on the first. Everything has been going fine except this morning one of them had a diaper rash (lots of redness around her anus). I read this as one of the signs of an allergy. BUT I did just buy a different brand diaper yesterday (which they have used randomly before w/no issues). Do you think its the cereal or the diaper? Im ready to start...
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