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conditioning, 3) sham mindfulness-meditation, or 4) book-listening control intervention. Psychophysical assessments of pain were used to examine the efficacy of each treatment, showing that while mindfulness-meditation, placebo, and sham mindfulness-meditation all significantly alleviated pain perception (when compared to the control condition), mindfulness mediation reduced pain ratings more than both placebo and sham mindfulness-meditation. In what could be seen as the most compelling evidence…

but suffering gave him insight, and that insight gave the world Post-Impressionism. Furthermore, the painter Frida Kahlo found fame by incorporating the tragedies of her life in her work. The pain was both physical and emotional. As a teenager, she survived a traffic accident, and then suffered chronic pain, thirty operations, miscarriages, and an amputation of her leg up to the knee. She had a turbulent relationship with her unfaithful husband, Diego Rivera, whom she divorced once and married…

"what do I do?", "Is it time?" I called my mother right away and said: "mom I think it 's time, the contractions are 5 minutes apart." She said it 's okay I’m on my way get your things ready to go. My first response was “but I have a test!” I look back I thin know naïve that my concern was missing my test. There I am in shock for a minute which passed by as in for an eternity. Until another contraction just stabbed me that made me immediately snap out of it. Quickly I jumped into the shower…

opioids, because of how readily available these drug are. Opioids are described as medications that relieve pain. Opioids reduce the intensity of pain signals sent to the brain and diminish the effects of a painful stimulus. Overuse of opioids leads to a tolerance of the medication, physical dependency,…

from, what some would consider, the “main character”. She addresses the obvious blatant thought in our minds, that is we want to talk about Kevin, through the title then steers the audience towards a novel of consequential actions and healing amidst pain from people like Kevin. This notion is both thought provocative and leads to the conclusion that no, we do not need to talk about Kevin. We need to talk about the lives broken and the victims of his violence. Shriver’s novel is an ode to the…

Summary of: Superman to the rescue: Simulating physical invulnerability attenuates exclusion-related interpersonal biases In the article, Superman to the rescue: Simulating physical invulnerability attenuates exclusion-related interpersonal biases, the authors, Julie Y. Huang, Joshua M. Ackerman, and John A. Bargh (2013) address the theory that simulating physical invulnerability can affect exclusion-related positive and negative feelings toward in and out-groups. The researchers want to test…

Jansen. "The use of fentanyl as a pain reliever and anesthetic was quickly adopted in the medical setting. In the 1960s, the agent was introduced as an intravenous anesthetic under the brand name Sublimaze"(S.Robertson)pg.1. In the 90s fentanyl was turned into a patch which breaks down into the blood stream through a period of 72 hours. Fentanyl affects the body by increasing the dopamine levels causing pain relief. The medical use of fentanyl is pain relief and pain management. Fentanyl can be…

of my legs because at least I know that it will feel better in about 6 weeks but this doesn’t seem like this will ever stop hurting. Sometimes the thing that I found that helped the most was to seek out friends and family that could relate to the pain I was in. I spent endless hours…

involuntarily what others smoke, putting our life at risk because others decide not to care. Tobacco should be banned. The most important reason is health. There are many cancer cases every year because of tobacco abuse, and asthma is another consequence. Pain and frustration come along as a smoking side effect. Life has become stressful, and our youth have more attraction to relax and avoid frustration, consuming tobacco. Even though tobacco is a horrible habit and has an awful smell…

author gave various dynamic perspectives of those involved in one particular patient’s life. The back and forth reflection from the different nurses that worked with patient Steven showcased the impact that he had on them and the little moments that truly make nursing worthwhile. Not only do these testimonies touch on issues present with caring with a terminally ill patient, but they also bring Steven back to life through these testimonies. It is always hard to find a testimony that gives the…