Guest guest Posted January 3, 2006 Report Share Posted January 3, 2006 Many cancer sufferers would be aware of this from that excellent book "Love Laughter & Medicine" by Bernie Siegal (I can never remember how to spell his name) brilliant and helpful for the sick - Abebooks lists these (can i do this Jag?) I just copied them across ......... sorry if its not OK 4. Peace, Love & Healing (ISBN: 0060917059) Bernie S. Siegal, M.D. Bookseller: MAGGIE'S TREASURES(LOVELAND, CO, U.S.A.) Price: US$ 12.00 [Convert Currency] Shipping within U.S.A.:US$ 3.00 [Rates & Speeds] Book Description: Harper Perennial, New York, NY, 1990. Trade Paperback. Book Condition: Fine. Fourth Printing. Some underlining, otherwise as new. Bookseller Inventory # 003316 [bookseller & Payment Information] [More Books from this Seller] 5. Love, Medicine & Miracles Bernie S. Siegal, M.D. Bookseller: MAGGIE'S TREASURES(LOVELAND, CO, U.S.A.) Price: US$ 12.00 [Convert Currency] Shipping within U.S.A.:US$ 3.00 [Rates & Speeds] Book Description: Harper & Row, New York, NY, 1986. Trade Paperback. Book Condition: Fine +. First Edition. P/O name on first page, otherwise as new. Bookseller Inventory # 003925 [bookseller & Payment Information] [More Books from this Seller] 6. Help Me to Heal (ISBN: 1401900607) Bernie Siegal Bookseller: Allen Williams(Herne Bay, KEN, United Kingdom) - Jagannath Chatterjee alternate_medicine_forum ; ; health_and_healing ; medicalconspiracies (AT) googl (DOT) com ; medicalconspiracies ; ; ayurveda ; connect_ticket ; sddlightworkers Tuesday, January 03, 2006 6:21 PM Art a cure for anxiety, pain! Art a cure for anxiety, pain! Washington, January 2, 2005 Art may be fun but, as a new research has found, it also seems to have a therapeutic effect especially when it comes to reducing pain and anxiety levels of people suffering with cancer. As a part of a new project, fifty patients from the inpatient oncology unit at Northwestern Memorial were enrolled in the study over a four-month period, and it was noted that they reported significant reductions in eight out of nine symptoms of pain, tiredness, nausea, depression, anxiety, drowsiness, lack of appetite, well-being and shortness of breath, measured by the Edmonton Symptom Assessment Scale (ESAS), after spending an hour wor king on art projects of their choice. It was also found that nausea was the only symptom that did not change as a result of the art therapy session. Judith Paice, director, Cancer Pain Program, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, and an author on the study, said that art therapy was found to be beneficial as it distracts people from thinking about their pain. "Cancer patients are increasingly turning to alternative and complementary therapies to reduce symptoms, improve quality of life and boost their ability to cope with stress. Our study provides beginning evidence for the important role art therapy can play in reducing symptoms. Art therapy provides a distraction that allows patients to focus on something positive instead of their health for a time, and it also gives patients something they can control," she said. Dr Paice added that it had proved to be especially beneficial for cancer patients who were uncomfortable & n bsp; with conventional psychotherapy. "Art provides a vehicle for expression. It may be preferential to some cancer patients who may be uncomfortable with conventional psychotherapy or those who find verbal expression difficult," she added. Nancy Nainis, an art therapist and the lead author on the study, said that the art sessions had led to a drop in the level of tiredness of the patients. "We were especially surprised to find the reduction in 'tiredness'. Several subjects made anecdotal comments that the art therapy had energized them. This is the first study to document a reduction in tiredness as a result of art therapy," she said. Printed From < DIV id=RTEContent>“New opinions often appear first as jokes and fancies, then as blasphemies and treason, then as questions open to discussion, and finally as established truths.” – George Bernard Shaw. DSL Something to write home about. Just $16.99/mo. or less Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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