A colleague recently forwarded an article from UCLA. Apparently, researchers found that women who hang out with friends can counteract stress. Wow! They got paid to research that?
While two women scientists (Klein and Taylor) were talking one day in a UCLA lab, they noted that when the women who worked in the lab were stressed, "..they came in, cleaned the lab, had coffee, and bonded," says Dr. Klein. Men generally hid on their own in response to stress. Because 90% of the stress research has been done on males, this "hypotheses" has serious implications for women's health.
Here's another example of the hormone "oxytocin" clicking in; not just for birthing (as I share with my prenatal clients) but for women in friendship.
Thanks to all my girlfriends for helping science learn that women live longer when they are in community.
