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Relaxation Revolution The Science and Genetics of Mind Body Healing

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ISBN-10: 143914866X

ISBN-13: 9781439148662

Edition: N/A

Authors: Herbert Benson, William Proctor

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Recent scientific breakthroughs demonstrating that mind body strategies can actually switch off or switch on; gene activity associated with health and disease; have triggered a mind body revolution in the medical world. In the 1970s, Dr. Herbert Benson of Harvard Medical School ushered in a new era of understanding in the field of mind body medicine. Coining the term relaxation response, Dr. Benson identified the body's physiologic reaction that is the exact opposite of the stress (fight-or-flight) response. In the four decades since that initial discovery, Benson and his colleagues have established the first effective therapy to counteract the harmful effects of stress. They have explored…    
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List price: $23.00
Publisher: Scribner
Publication date: 6/21/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 5.63" wide x 8.75" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English

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Preface
The Science of Mind Body Healing
The Making of a Revolution
The Genetic Breakthrough-Your Ultimate Mind Body Connection
The Fall and Rise of the Healing Mind
The Mind Body Milestones-#1: The Relaxation Response
The Mind Body Milestones-#2: Expectation-Belief
Designing Your Personal Mind Body Treatment Plan
Planning Your Personal Mind Body Health Strategy
A Guide to Specific Mind Body Treatments
Cancer and the Genetic Horizons of Mind Body Treatment
The Possibilities of Mind Body Medicine
The Whole Is Greater Than the Sum of Its Parts
The Future of the Revolution
Notes
Index