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I highlighted one way to modulate the stress effect with mediation.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Below are more examples and excerpts on how to manage the stress response:<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Laughing Decreases Stress (Am J Med Sci.1989 Dec; 298(6):390-6.)<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Abstract: Positive emotional activities have been suggested as modifiers of neuroendocrine hormones involved in the classical stress response. To detect changes in these components during a mirthful laughter experience, the authors studied 10 healthy male subjects. Five experimental subjects viewed a 60 minute humor video and five control subjects did not. &#8230;These biochemical changes have implications for the reversal of the neuroendocrine and classical stress hormone response. <\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Source: Berk LS,et al.Neuroendocrine and stress hormone changes during mirthful laughter. PMID: 2556917<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Gardening Reduces Stress on Caregivers (Alzheimer&#8217;s Association)<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>(CHICAGO) November 3, 2008 &#8211; According to the Alzheimer&#8217;s Association 2008 Alzheimer&#8217;s Disease Facts and Figures Report, more than 40 percent of the 10 million American unpaid caregivers rate the emotional stress of caregiving as high or very high. However, according to a BHG.com online survey of 1,340 respondents, nearly 60 percent of respondents say gardening relaxes them. <\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Continued at: http:\/\/www.alz.org\/national\/documents\/release_110308_garden.pdf<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Mom Can Actually Reduce Stress??!! (Scientific America)<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Yup, a phone call to mom can raise oxytocin, the bonding hormone!<\/div>\n<div> <\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div> <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My latest blog at https:\/\/dr-lobisco.com\/stressed-out\/ discusses the mind-body connection of stress and physical health. 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