Essays Tagged: "endorphins"

Mind Body Medicine.

and emotions to positively influence physical health. It has been established that laughter raises endorphins in the body which in turn act as a pain reliever and it also lowers cortisol which is a s ...

(11 pages) 300 0 5.0 Sep/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

What makes you happy.

What makes Us Happy"Endorphins are considered the best and most legal way of achieving a high" Nathan Altman said in his ... st legal way of achieving a high" Nathan Altman said in his Endorphins Question and Answer article. Endorphins are polypeptides that are produced in the brain. They are able to bind to the neuro-recep ... d in the brain. They are able to bind to the neuro-receptors in the brain to give relief from pain. Endorphins can be accredited with the affect that exercise has on the brain. The so called runner's ...

(2 pages) 53 0 3.5 Mar/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

Laws of Life - "He who laughs, lasts." Mary Pettibone Poole

h can make any situation better actually has some scientific basis behind it. When a person smiles, endorphins are released that cause an analgesic effect. Whenever I am sad or upset, I remember to sm ...

(2 pages) 38 1 4.7 Sep/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy

Methadone

ethadone prevents heroin or morphine from interacting with receptors for natural painkillers called endorphins , blocking the effects of the addictive drugs and reducing the physical cravings. In cont ...

(3 pages) 56 0 4.1 Dec/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Chemistry

Satire based on a Conditioning, in Brave New World

oom. Is this her home? Her brain tells her that this is where she belongs. Home. The brain releases endorphins.On the other side of the wall, Jack Cane debates with his supervisor, Mr. Wanly."Sir, the ...

(2 pages) 20 0 0.0 Mar/2005

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

"Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley -comparison between 2 articles

strings attached because after all "everyone belongs to everyone else"(43). Sex is known to produce endorphins which triggers happy feelings; thus if everyone has sexual intercourse whenever and whome ...

(4 pages) 18 0 4.0 Oct/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Laughter is the Best Medicine

laughing!As Psychiatrist Robert Holden states, laughing produces happy chemicals in the body called endorphins which work in the brain to give an overall feeling of well-being. Laughing, however, does ...

(2 pages) 31868 0 3.0 Oct/2006

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

Sex Addiction Description and Treatments

n in actuality; naturally occurring drugs are involved in the form of chemicals or peptides such as endorphins. These peptides are analogous in molecular structure of opiates like morphine yet they ar ...

(4 pages) 82 0 4.5 Dec/2006

Subjects: Science Essays > Mental Health

Laugh it up! - A Speech on the Medical Benefits of Laughter

ns are the few living beings that laugh, and yet we take this luxury for granted. Laughter releases endorphins, a drug 10 times more powerful than morphine, into the body. This gives the body that fee ... and the mind-body relationship. What they have found out is that laughter reduces pain by releasing endorphins that are more potent than equivalent amounts of morphine. Humor helps integrate both hemi ...

(3 pages) 74 3 4.6 Apr/2007

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

The Importance of Laughter

effects. As Psychiatrist Robert Holden states, laughing produces happy chemicals in the body called endorphins, which work in the brain to give us an overall feeling of contentment. When you laugh, al ...

(3 pages) 31 0 3.1 May/2007

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Persuasive Writing

Drugs

f Narcotics are Codeine, Opium, Morphine, and Heroin. Narcotics act like the chemicals in your body Endorphins. Endorphins control pain, and regulate your emotions. When Endorphins levels are high, yo ...

(5 pages) 25 0 0.0 Nov/2001

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol

The Purpose Of The Supernatural In Literary Works

own to look at traffic accidents and find excitement in violence. Fear keeps our hearts pumping and endorphins rushing; it is an emotion that reminds us of our own mortality.The authors Hawthorne, Jac ...

(6 pages) 10 0 0.0 Sep/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Bi-Polar Disorder

ic episode is when your brain releases to much of its chemicals (dopamine, serotonin, noradrenalin, endorphins.) and shoots you through the roof (total opposite of depressed), this makes you agitated, ...

(10 pages) 101 0 4.5 Dec/2007

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology