Gregory Webster of University of Florida

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Take two Tylenol and call me in the morning? Research now suggests that our emotional and physical pain are interrelated. Maybe Tylenol really is good for more than just headaches.

This is the dichotomy between even the best experimental science and real life as we clinicians see it.

Who has not seen a kid put his or her hand on the umbilicus and say “my tummy hurts” when he or she doesn’t want to go to school?  That child is likely trying to avoid something unpleasant like a bully or a difficult assignment.  Oh, our beliefs in the separation of body and mind are so deeply engrained that adults might even think they are faking.  But perhaps children are just more open and direct. Read more on Mind-Body Connection Proven at Last?…

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