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The
Society for Human Resource
Management reported in 2007 that
13 percent of its 210,000 member
companies offer workplace massage. An
earlier Working Mother article found 77
percent of the top 100 U.S. companies
offered massage at work. |
Touch may help alleviate symptoms of depression according to
the American Journal of Psychiatry.
Researchers suggested the release of oxytocin and relaxing
aspects of massage help improve this condition. ~ March 2010 |
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Massage
therapy has been shown to strengthen the immune system,
according to research published in the Journal of
Neuroscience, 1996, and Psychosomatic Medicine,
2000. |
A
study in the Journal of Clinical Nursing indicates weekly hand
and foot massage is helpful to the
bereaved in resolving grief.
(April 2010) |
