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BLUSHING COULD


SAVE FACE Most people try to hide their blushes when they’re embar- rassed, but new research published in the journal sug- gests that facial expressions can serve an important role in smoothing social interactions. Researchers from the


University of Groningen, in the Netherlands, had partici- pants read vignettes about typical social transgressions and mishaps, and then rate how favorably they felt about the faces of the ostensible social culprits. Blushing people were judged more favorably than non-blushers, regardless of the other emo- tional cues on their face. The researchers argue that blushing signals a sin- cere acknowledgement of wrongdoing and commu- nicates to others that we won’t make the same mis- take again. They concluded that blushing might prevent people from being socially excluded after committing some kind of transgression. It could actually help us, yes, save face.


Source: GreaterGood.Berkeley.edu


Acupuncture Helps


esearch news from Germany reports that acupuncture can improve exercise tolerance in patients suffering from chronic heart failure. The researchers gave such patients—who were on conventional medication and stable—10 sessions of acupuncture, focusing on the healing method’s pressure points that boost general strength, and according to traditional Chinese medicine, influ- ence the nervous system and inflammation. The control group was treated with placebo needles that did not break the skin.


The needles did not increase the heart’s pumping function, but they seemed to have an influence on skeletal muscle strength, and increased the distance that the heart patients were able to walk in a given time. The acupuncture patients also recovered more quickly from the exercise and tended to feel less general exhaus- tion.


This finding could provide a useful option in the future if relatively low-cost acupuncture treatment can work to improve the prognosis for cardiac patients over the long term.


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