Positive Thoughts Improve Health
March 21, 2010 by Becki Baumgartner
Filed under Aging & Longevity, Mind & Body
by Dr. Mercola
Evidence has been found that suggests a patient’s beliefs and hopes may affect their outcome of prognosis.
One study found that optimism could lower the risk of heart disease in older men, whereas pessimism can increase the disease.
Strong evidence has proven that patients with heart disease who feel hopeless about their condition do worse because they lost faith in themselves.
But whether a person’s attitude can be changed is still an unanswered questioned, a psychologist studying this said. He believes that schools should incorporate a method to teach children about optimism so that no child has to face an illness with a negative attitude. The earlier you teach a person how to handle certain situations, the better they can handle that situation later in life.
However, studies show when it comes to cancer patients, the idea that always being optimistic is important in cancer prognosis has been discredited. In addition, current studies don’t support any link between stress and cancer, and some researchers say there is no evidence that supports the notion that a person’s attitude can help cure cancer.
Source: Time Magazine UK January 27, 2004
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