
30 Nov Stop for a rubdown
Try a chair at the massage kiosk or salon: In a study at Cedars–Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, a single Swedish massage session lowered levels of the stress hormone cortisol and boosted several types of white blood cells, which protect the body against germs.
Only have 10 minutes to spare? Says study leader Mark Rapaport, MD: “I suspect some massage is better than none.”
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