A new study shows that people who are happy a majority of the time are less likely to develop heart disease than those who are down in the dumps all the time. This study is the first to show an independent relationship between positive emotions and coronary heart disease, states Kate Kelland from Reuters. “We desperately need rigorous clinical trials in this area. If the trials support our findings, then these results will be incredibly important in describing specifically what clinicians and/or patients could do to improve health,” said Karina Davidson of Columbia University Medical Center.
Heart disease is the leading cause of death in most industrialized countries, including the United States. Kelland reports, “Together with diabetes, cardiovascular diseases accounted for 32 percent of all deaths around the world in 2005, according to the World Health Organization.” Davidson, who led the study, said one possible reason for the connection between happiness and heart risk could be because people who are more positive and happy tend to relax and rest more, and may recover more quickly from stressful events.
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