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New health research shows that swearing after an injury may be beneficial to your health. Keele University scientists in northern England say that letting out a foray of foul language can have a pain reducing affect. In order to test the theory students swore repeatedly while placing their hands into a bucket of ice.

This was repeated but instead of swearing the students recited a harmless phrase. Research found out that the volunteers kept their hands submerged in the cold water longer when swearing thereby establishing a link between the increase in pain tolerance and swearing.

Due to the acceleration of the heart beating when students were swearing may indicate that an increase in aggression, in a fight or flight response to not playing up feebleness in place of a more tolerant machismo. The study proves that not only does swearing trigger an emotional release it also triggers a physical one.

And that may be why the centuries old cursing developed and why it continues to this day. One researcher on the project, Dr. Richard Stephens says that swearing is almost a human linguistic phenomenon worldwide and has been around for centuries.

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Millions of people are treated by health care workers every year, sometimes things do go wrong. If this has happened to you or a loved one, Claims Direct can help you receive compensation for clinical or medical negligence, and you will always keep 100% of your compensation.

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