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Easier said than done--but . . .
http://www.thirdage.com/mental-health/happiness-is-next-to-healthiness-for- women?page=0%2C0&utm_medium=email&utm_source=nl_health-wellness_20090903&ut m_campaign=thirdage
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Attitude and Heart Disease
- By Ecksunbeam
- Posted September 3, 2009 at 3:29 pm · 6 replies
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- By kardia
- Posted September 4, 2009 at 11:18 am
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Fantastic article and so very true.
Thank you!
May I barrow it for my blogsite?
http://kardianotes.blogspot.com
kardia
- By sternum
- Posted September 5, 2009 at 12:17 am
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Very true, and we get to practice every day.
Gloria
- By Ecksunbeam
- Posted September 5, 2009 at 9:10 am
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Heh-heh, you're funny, Sternum :--)
Sherrie
- By martzj
- Posted September 5, 2009 at 9:54 pm
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"It tracked participant health patterns for more than eight years. It measured optimism and cynical hostility by the way the women answered questions such as "In unclear times, I usually expect the best," and "If something can go wrong for me, it will."
In unclear times, when I began seeking help from doctors, I was very optomistic they would automatically have ready cures.... My views, from consistent experience, turned into 'if something can go wrong for me, it will directly involve a doctor's misdiagnosis somewhere.'
"Results showed that optimists were less likely to develop risk factors such as: diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, depressive symptoms, smoking or being sedentary."
Then I continue to be an 'optomist' because I've never had any of the above. My career forced me into years of sitting at computers physically sedentary but my brain racing, shifting gears like the Indy 500 for decades. My life outside of work was active. Loved my career, loved my lifestyle. Still churned straight into heart attacks, with all my drs blessings.
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