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Tag: Optimists

Are Pessimists more likely to die of heart disease?

August 9, 2026 Antarctica Journal
Are Pessimists more likely to die of heart disease?

Being a pessimist may be raising your blood sugars and blood pressure which may lead to heart disease.  During an 11-year study of over 2000 men and women – some optimists and some pessimists – they found that the 121 people who died of heart disease were pessimists.  The pessimists think that their lives are much gloomier, so they have […]

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Cases of myopia, or nearsightedness, have rocketed as children across the world spend more time indoors, staring at computer screens. One quarter of the world’s population, or 1.6 billion people, now has the condition, and experts predict that by 2020, one in three people will be nearsighted.

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