Web Paige (Thankfully, Dr. Richard Stephens and his team at...)

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"Thankfully, Dr. Richard Stephens and his team at Keele University in the United Kingdom just published a study that says swearing actually has a pain-lessening effect. (See Mom? It’s healthy!) When we swear, we increase our threshold for pain, meaning we can bear it longer and don’t feel it as much. Stephens is not sure why this happens, only that for some reason, “swearing appears to increase our pain tolerance."

-Caitlin Hagan,CNN Medical Associate Producer http://pagingdrgupta.blogs.cnn.com/2009/07/13/bleep-that-hurts/

I don’t know what’s better, the fact that this study helps justify the frequency of my cussing (I DO hurt myself a lot…) or the fact that it was conducted at my British Alma Mater. What’s up Keele University? Congrats on the CNN shout-out!