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If you are happy and you know it… you may live longer
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<blockquote data-quote="cheryl" data-source="post: 1564" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><a href="https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/if-you-are-happy-and-you-know-it-you-may-live-longer-2019101618020" target="_blank"><strong>If you are happy and you know it… you may live longer - Harvard</strong></a></p><p></p><p>Plenty of research suggests optimistic people have a reduced risk of <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11719629" target="_blank">heart disease</a>, <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21778446" target="_blank">stroke</a>, and <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12434946" target="_blank">declines in lung capacity and function</a>. Optimism is also associated with a lower risk of early death from <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27927621" target="_blank">cancer and infection</a>. And now a new study links optimism to living a longer life.</p><p></p><p><strong>What does this new research on optimism tell us?</strong></p><p></p><p>The <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Optimism+is+associated+with+exceptional+longevity+in+2+epidemiologic+cohorts+of+men+and+women" target="_blank">study</a> in <em>Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences</em> found that people who had higher levels of optimism had a longer life span. They also had a greater chance of living past age 85. The researchers analyzed data gleaned from two large population studies: about 70,000 women from the Nurses’ Health Study and about 1,400 men from the Veterans Affairs Normative Aging Study.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cheryl, post: 1564, member: 1"] [URL='https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/if-you-are-happy-and-you-know-it-you-may-live-longer-2019101618020'][B]If you are happy and you know it… you may live longer - Harvard[/B][/URL] Plenty of research suggests optimistic people have a reduced risk of [URL='https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11719629']heart disease[/URL], [URL='https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21778446']stroke[/URL], and [URL='https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12434946']declines in lung capacity and function[/URL]. Optimism is also associated with a lower risk of early death from [URL='https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27927621']cancer and infection[/URL]. And now a new study links optimism to living a longer life. [B]What does this new research on optimism tell us?[/B] The [URL='https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Optimism+is+associated+with+exceptional+longevity+in+2+epidemiologic+cohorts+of+men+and+women']study[/URL] in [I]Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences[/I] found that people who had higher levels of optimism had a longer life span. They also had a greater chance of living past age 85. The researchers analyzed data gleaned from two large population studies: about 70,000 women from the Nurses’ Health Study and about 1,400 men from the Veterans Affairs Normative Aging Study. [/QUOTE]
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