The main idea of this article, obviously is that if you are positive, and optimistic, you are going to live longer. The article states that "Mind and immune system" are connected, meaning the better you think, the healthier you are. Deanna Dean proceeds to back these claims with statistics brought to you by prestigious sources:
"Johns Hopkins University confirms what Duke University reported and says that their researchers interviewed more than 5,000 people over the age of 65, and regardless of risk factors, those who saw themselves as having poor health, roughly doubled their risk of death within five years. Hard to believe, but pessimism proves to be more deadly than congestive heart failure or smoking 50 or more packs of cigarettes every year."
"John Barefoot, Ph.D. research professor at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina initiated a 25 year study of medical students from the 1950s and discovered at the end of the study in 1980 that the ones who had been hostile were the ones who were more likely to have died. Later expanded studies have confirmed those same findings."
In most respects, I think this is a nice feel good articles, considering the fact that my whole philosophy is to be positive, and what do you know? It turns out to do you good in the short term, and the long term as well. You might ask, how does this even have to do with my project? Well, skits are supposed to make people laugh, and bring happiness. I'd like to think happiness is the best medicine, and I'm just spreading it.
Sources:
"Your Attitude Affects How Long You Will Live." Independent News on Natural Health, Nutrition and More. Web. 03 May 2011. .
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