January 8, 2009 at 5:00 am by Sarah Irani
Can Modern Medicine Make Room for a Little Horticulture?
For most people who’ve been stuck in a hospital on the slow and boring road to recovery, the thing they say they appreciate most is the TV. Unless, of course, their room has a potted plant.
A recent study using medical and psychological measurements showed that patients with live plants in their hospital rooms tended towards less stress and therefore recovered more quickly than those without. Nurses observed that people who had plants began to water and prune them and move them around for …
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