Optimism may protect against heart disease

07 December 2001

US research suggests that people who believe things will never get better are more likely than their more optimistic peers to develop heart disease. The findings support the results of previous research linking pessimism with higher levels of anger, anxiety and depression, emotions that may be risk factors for heart disease. The research at the Harvard School of Public Health, in Boston, Massachusetts, is published in Psychosomatic Medicine.
(Reuters 07/12/01)

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