A study by researchers from the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences at Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles show that even a single massage session can have measurable biological effects. subjects in Swedish massage show an increase in the number of circulating lymphocytes, a decrease of stress hormones (cortisol and arginine-vasopressin) and certain cytokines. Researchers believe
so that massage may play a role in helping people to manage inflammatory or autoimmune diseases.
Article in press: Mark Hyman Rapaport, Pamela Schettler, Catherine Bresee. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. -Not available-, ahead of print. doi: 10.1089/acm.2009.0634.
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