The Impact of Optimism
Summary

An optimistic approach to life seems to provide significant protection against heart and other cardiovascular diseases. Whether this impacts our ability to fight disease is not clear - having pessimists become optimists is no simple task! However, this is useful knowledge for heart disease risk assessment: if you are using a Framingham calculator to evaluate your risk, and are deciding on a treatment based on a computed result, you could factor in your approach to life. A pessimist may need to opt for a more agressive treatment strategy than an optimist!

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