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I knew that growing up too fast was bad for you...
Like John Cougar Mellencamp said..."Growing up leads to growing old and then to dying, and dying to me don't sound like all that much fun."
U.S. National - AP
Optimism Could Help You Live Longer
Thu Sep 5,12:04 PM ET
By CHARLEY GILLESPIE, Associated Press Writer
Doctor's orders: Don't worry, be happy.
Keeping a positive attitude about aging can extend life by seven and half years, which is longer than gains made by not smoking and exercising regularly, a study finds.
"People's perception of aging predicted the length of their survival," said Dr. Suzanne Kunkel, director of the Scripps Gerontology Center at Miami University and co-author of the study.
"It illustrates the mind-body connection. Even if we cannot control what happens to us, we can control how we define it."
The findings about attitude and survival rates were made by analyzing and matching data collected since 1975 about 660 people age 50 or older in Oxford, Ohio, with data from the National Death Index.
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Like John Cougar Mellencamp said..."Growing up leads to growing old and then to dying, and dying to me don't sound like all that much fun."
U.S. National - AP
Optimism Could Help You Live Longer
Thu Sep 5,12:04 PM ET
By CHARLEY GILLESPIE, Associated Press Writer
Doctor's orders: Don't worry, be happy.
Keeping a positive attitude about aging can extend life by seven and half years, which is longer than gains made by not smoking and exercising regularly, a study finds.
"People's perception of aging predicted the length of their survival," said Dr. Suzanne Kunkel, director of the Scripps Gerontology Center at Miami University and co-author of the study.
"It illustrates the mind-body connection. Even if we cannot control what happens to us, we can control how we define it."
The findings about attitude and survival rates were made by analyzing and matching data collected since 1975 about 660 people age 50 or older in Oxford, Ohio, with data from the National Death Index.
the link
