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Being unhappy or stressed will not kill, says study

Thursday, December 10, 2015 19:46
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Health Affects Happiness

It had been thought that being unhappy was bad for health – particularly for the heart.

But the decade-long analysis, published in the Lancet, said previous studies had just confused cause and effect.

However, experts argued that unhappiness in childhood may still have a lasting impact.

A series of studies had shown that how happy people are, strongly predicts how long they are going to live.

Ideas included detrimental changes in stress hormones or the immune system resulting in a higher risk of death.

But the research team in the UK and Australia said those studies failed to deal with reverse causality – namely, that people who are ill are not very happy.

Read More : http://www.doctorshealthpress.com/health-news/health-affects-happiness-not-the-other-way-around

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