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Choral Singing Boosts Immune System Activity [PSMag.com]

 

Are you coping with cancer, either as a patient or a caregiver? If so, you’re almost certainly under a tremendous amount of emotional stress — a state that has been shown toweaken the immune system, which is the last thing you want.

Your inclination may be to stay home and nurse your troubles in private. But newly published research points to a far better choice: Head out to choir practice.

A British study of cancer patients and caregivers found a mere 70 minutes of singing not only lifted people’s moods, but also produced positive changes in their immune systems.

“We have been building a body of evidence over the past six years to show that singing in a choir can have a range ofsocial, emotional, and psychological benefits,” says co-author Dr. Ian Lewis, director of research and policy at Tenovus Cancer Care. “Now we can see it has biological effects too.”



[For more of this story, written by Tom Jacobs, go to https://psmag.com/choral-singi...0ab3219c3#.j238j8nyo]

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