Optimistic Heart Patients Live Longer
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Heart patients with a positive outlook regarding their recovery were 30% less likely to die over the next 15 years than patients with less optimistic expectations, regardless of the severity of their symptoms. This new finding was published in the Archives of Internal Medicine (2011; doi: 10.1001/archinternmed.2011.41). Researchers from Duke University Medical Center in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, gave 2,818 heart disease patients a coronary angiography to evaluate blood flow in the heart.Member Only Article
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