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"Captain Compassion" |
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27 Feb 2006 08:47:26 PM |
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Want to live longer? Think positive thoughts |
Want to live longer? Think positive thoughts
Mon Feb 27, 4:28 PM ET
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Optimism is good for the heart, a study said on
Monday.
The most optimistic among a group of 545 Dutch men age 64 to 84 had a
roughly 50 percent lower risk of cardiovascular death over 15 years of
follow-up, according to the study published in the Archives of
Internal Medicine.
Previous research has suggested being optimistic boosts overall
physical health and lowers the risk of death from all causes. A
positive attitude also has been shown to help patients who suffer from
heart disease caused by narrowed arteries.
The new study measured participants' level of optimism about their
lives by having them respond to statements such as "I do not look
forward to what lies ahead for me in the years to come" and "My days
seem to be passing by slowly," or "I am still full of plans."
"Optimism can be estimated easily and is stable over long periods,"
though it does tend to decrease with age, said lead researcher Erik
Giltay of the Institute of Mental Health in Deft, the Netherlands.
On a scale of zero to three, with three being most optimistic, the
average scores in the study fell from 1.5 in 1985 to 1.3 in 2000.
Higher scores were associated with being younger, being better
educated, living with others, having better health, and doing more
physical activity.
"It is yet to be established whether interventions aimed at improving
an older individual's level of optimism may reduce the risk of
cardiovascular mortality," he added.
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their memory, or their backbone, but we're not going to sit by and
let them rewrite history." -- ***** Cheney 11/16/2005
"War is God's way of teaching Americans geography" -- Ambrose Bierce
"America is a vast conspiracy to make you happy." -- John Updike
"Long term commitment in relationships is only necessary because it takes
so damn long to raise children. Marriage may well be some kind of trick
to keep the males around beyond sexual satiation." -- Captain Compassion
"Progress is the increasing control of the environment by life.
--Will Durant
Joseph R. Darancette
daranc@NOSPAMverizon.net
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| User: "MarkM" |
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| Title: Re: Want to live longer? Think positive thoughts |
28 Feb 2006 08:46:17 PM |
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CHICAGO (Reuters) - Optimism is good for the heart, a study said on
Monday.
I strongly believe in the power of optimism. And I am extremely optimistic
that we can boot the GOP out of control of one or both houses of congress in
the next election.
The only thing that could keep us from succeeding is people's pessimism and
complaceny.
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http://www.peaceuniversalist.com/nobel/prize.htm
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| User: "JHM" |
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| Title: Re: Want to live longer? Think positive thoughts |
27 Feb 2006 11:45:21 PM |
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"It is yet to be established whether interventions aimed at improving
an older individual's level of optimism may reduce the risk of
cardiovascular mortality," he added."
What with me being an "older individual" and all that cheapjack
whippersnapper neo-slaves of the dimwit Yalie GOP always tryin' to
improve my "level of optimism" for free rather than expensively try to
do anything improve my treatment, I daresay I'll be killed by
"cardiovascular mortality" and probably sooner than later.
Prescinding from all merely selfish concerns, so what? Who cares?
When you're an immature neo-organism you "naturally" think you're
basically immortal, that some cheapjack GOP-wingnut Captain
Compassion's "cardiovascular mortality" has nothing to do with you who
don't much care to be preached at by dimwit wingnuts.
Good luck to you I sincerely wish you, guys, but not ever any
_immediate_ and obvious success that is instantly likely to eventuate
and avail for you against the brazeness of a Captain Compassion and all
the second-raters he represents,
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| User: "" |
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| Title: Re: Want to live longer? Think positive thoughts |
28 Feb 2006 11:47:30 PM |
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Captain Compassion wrote:
Want to live longer? Think positive thoughts
Mon Feb 27, 4:28 PM ET
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Optimism is good for the heart, a study said on
Monday.
The most optimistic among a group of 545 Dutch men age 64 to 84 had a
roughly 50 percent lower risk of cardiovascular death over 15 years of
follow-up, according to the study published in the Archives of
Internal Medicine.
Previous research has suggested being optimistic boosts overall
physical health and lowers the risk of death from all causes. A
positive attitude also has been shown to help patients who suffer from
heart disease caused by narrowed arteries.
The new study measured participants' level of optimism about their
lives by having them respond to statements such as "I do not look
forward to what lies ahead for me in the years to come" and "My days
seem to be passing by slowly," or "I am still full of plans."
"Optimism can be estimated easily and is stable over long periods,"
though it does tend to decrease with age, said lead researcher Erik
Giltay of the Institute of Mental Health in Deft, the Netherlands.
On a scale of zero to three, with three being most optimistic, the
average scores in the study fell from 1.5 in 1985 to 1.3 in 2000.
Higher scores were associated with being younger, being better
educated, living with others, having better health, and doing more
physical activity.
"It is yet to be established whether interventions aimed at improving
an older individual's level of optimism may reduce the risk of
cardiovascular mortality," he added.
Although I agree with the sentiments of the article, a devil's
advocate argument could be made that people in good health are
naturally more apt to be happy, and poor health leads to depression.
The folks doing the study may be putting the cart before the horse- A.
McIntire
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| User: "Captain Compassion" |
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| Title: Re: Want to live longer? Think positive thoughts |
01 Mar 2006 12:40:58 AM |
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On 28 Feb 2006 21:47:30 -0800, wrote:
Captain Compassion wrote:
Want to live longer? Think positive thoughts
Mon Feb 27, 4:28 PM ET
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Optimism is good for the heart, a study said on
Monday.
The most optimistic among a group of 545 Dutch men age 64 to 84 had a
roughly 50 percent lower risk of cardiovascular death over 15 years of
follow-up, according to the study published in the Archives of
Internal Medicine.
Previous research has suggested being optimistic boosts overall
physical health and lowers the risk of death from all causes. A
positive attitude also has been shown to help patients who suffer from
heart disease caused by narrowed arteries.
The new study measured participants' level of optimism about their
lives by having them respond to statements such as "I do not look
forward to what lies ahead for me in the years to come" and "My days
seem to be passing by slowly," or "I am still full of plans."
"Optimism can be estimated easily and is stable over long periods,"
though it does tend to decrease with age, said lead researcher Erik
Giltay of the Institute of Mental Health in Deft, the Netherlands.
On a scale of zero to three, with three being most optimistic, the
average scores in the study fell from 1.5 in 1985 to 1.3 in 2000.
Higher scores were associated with being younger, being better
educated, living with others, having better health, and doing more
physical activity.
"It is yet to be established whether interventions aimed at improving
an older individual's level of optimism may reduce the risk of
cardiovascular mortality," he added.
Although I agree with the sentiments of the article, a devil's
advocate argument could be made that people in good health are
naturally more apt to be happy, and poor health leads to depression.
The folks doing the study may be putting the cart before the horse- A.
McIntire
The devil's advocate may be right.
--
"The president and I cannot prevent certain politicians from losing
their memory, or their backbone, but we're not going to sit by and
let them rewrite history." -- ***** Cheney 11/16/2005
"War is God's way of teaching Americans geography" -- Ambrose Bierce
"America is a vast conspiracy to make you happy." -- John Updike
"Long term commitment in relationships is only necessary because it takes
so damn long to raise children. Marriage may well be some kind of trick
to keep the males around beyond sexual satiation." -- Captain Compassion
"Progress is the increasing control of the environment by life.
--Will Durant
Joseph R. Darancette
daranc@NOSPAMverizon.net
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