Aromatherapy May Ease Work Stress

Aromatherapy could help relieve work-related stress among oncology nurses, according to the results of a small study.

When an essential oil was diffused in the nurses station at James Cancer Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, the nurses reported being less affected by tension, worry, and demands.

"A patient who had a diffuser in her room was saying how much it helped her; that's how we got the idea of seeing whether it could help our staff," Kelly Tomlinson-Pinkham, MSN, RN, OCN, told Medscape Medical News.

>READ ORIGINAL ARTICLE to learn about research that shows that complementary alternative medicine approaches, including aromatherapy, can help ease psychological stress.

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Researchers from the International School for Advanced Studies of Trieste, Italy, found men find it hard to understand people's emotions under stress

They said that women become more ‘prosocial’ and sympathetic under stress - perhaps because they are able to communicate their feelings

Scientists made study participants take maths tests and make speeches to put them under 'moderate' stress

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