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Introverted, self-reliant personality may shorten life-expectancy for diabetes patients

Patients undergoing diabetes testing who have a lower propensity to trust and seek out others may be at a greater risk of death than those with a more interactive lifestyle, new research has found...

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Happiness and Health

Does happiness really affect your health that much? The answer, according to University of Pittsburgh researchers, is a resounding "Yes!" According to findings in a recent study, optimistic people tend to live healthier, longer lives compared to pessimistic people.

For the study, which was started in 1991, Dr. Hilary Tindle and her colleagues at the University of Pittsburgh interviewed more than 100,000 women to determine their outlook on life. Based on their answers, the researchers found that optimistic women were 14 percent more likely to be alive after eight years than the pessimistic women. More than that, optimistic women were 30 percent less likely to die from heart disease and 33 percent less likely to die from any cause. In addition, the optimistic women did not start smoking; develop diabetes or high blood pressure as often as their pessimistic counterparts.

The bottom line: get happy. Take steps today to improve your outlook on life.