Thursday, October 14, 2010

Love is a drug as powerful as morphine and any painkiller

Intense romantic love really is like a drug, claim scientists, after finding it can be as effective as morphine for relieving pain.

By Richard Alleyne, Science Correspondent

Passions triggered by the early flushes of a relationship block physical pain in a similar way to painkillers and drugs, a study has shown.

Scientists in the US tested the theory on 15 male and female university students who were in the passionate early stages of a love affair.

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