Psychosomatic medicine 精神身体医学 Think yourself well 好好反省一下吧 You can. But it helps to think well of yourself in thefirst place 你可以的。只是它会首先帮你好好反省一下自己。 THE link between mind and body is terrain into which many medical researchers, fearingridicule, dare not tread. 大脑与身体之间存在着千丝万缕的联系,但是,因为怕被嘲笑,很多医学研究人员不敢涉足这块领域。 But perhaps more should do so. 但是,可能应该有更多人来研究它。 For centuries, doctors have recognised the placebo effect, in which the illusion oftreatment, such as pills without an active ingredient, produces real medical benefits. 数个世纪以来,医生们已经认识到了安慰剂的效力,其实是一种错觉治疗达到了真正的药物效应,比如没有实际疗效的药丸等。 More recently, respectable research has demonstrated that those who frequentlyexperience positive emotions live longer and healthier lives. 最近以来,相当受重视的研究表明, 那些经常以积极的态度生活的人活得更长久,而且更健康。 They have fewer heart attacks, for example, and fewer colds too. |