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Why Optimists May Be Healthier

People who are optimistic by nature may be healthier than their more pessimistic friends. That sunny personality so characteristic of optimists actually encourages friends and family to be extra kind and caring to them, offering assistance and support in a way most of us don’t do for pessimists. Call it social capital. Optimists are not only rich in social capital, but also tend to get even richer as the years go by. More on this study by the University of Utah…

Be happy. You’ll live longer. People who are optimistic and have a bright outlook on the future may live longer than pessimists, according to researchers from the Netherlands. During a nine-year study of 941 senior citizens between the ages of 65 and 85 conducted by the Psychiatric Center GGZ Delfland in Delft, it became apparent that people who had optimistic personalities were far less likely to die over the study period than people with pessimistic dispositions, reports Reuters. More…

Corrected: Stressed-out worms die young-study finds

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - How well you respond to stress predicts how long you will live, at least if you are a little worm, U.S. scientists reported on Monday.

Genetically identical worms responded to stress in greatly different ways — and those with more active stress reactions lived much longer than worms with less active stress proteins, the researchers found. More active stress responses suggest the animal is coping with the stress.

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Curry ingredient fights skin cancer -U.S. study

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The compound that makes curry yellow could help fight skin cancer, U.S. researchers reported on Monday.

They said curcumin, found in the spice turmeric, interferes with melanoma cells.

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