2015-12-11 @ 16.06.40 In English

"Self-rated poor health at baseline was strongly associated with unhappiness. But after adjustment for self-rated health, treatment for hypertension, diabetes, asthma, arthritis, depression, or anxiety, and several sociodemographic and lifestyle factors (including smoking, deprivation, and body-mass index), unhappiness was not associated with mortality from all causes […]. Findings were similarly null for related measures such as stress or lack of control." (Emphasis mine.)

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2015-12-07 @ 14.56.03 In English

What I'd like to hear about is the experience of the woman they tested this on. It's difficult for me to even imagine what it could feel like to feel pain for the first time in your life when you're an adult.