保持积极的态度不能让你活得更长（Keeping a positive attitude doesnt make you live longer）.docVIP

保持积极的态度不能让你活得更长（Keeping a positive attitude doesnt make you live longer） Keep a positive attitude can make you live longer? Short answer: Maybe, but no one can prove. (voice: some people will be disappointed) Detailed answer: In 1979, after a study of medical journal Lancet published on, there is a concept that is very attractive, optimism can make you stay alive, at least can fight against cancer. The study followed 72 patients with breast cancer for five years, the researchers found that those who take their condition for fighting spirit of patients compared to those who feel helpless or hopeless patients live better and live longer, there is still residual cancer symptoms are less. A follow-up study to confirm this result, and the benefits of optimism gradually entered into the medical theory. However, pessimistic is the recent large-scale follow-up study (review various studies) found that the lack of credible evidence to prove the optimistic spirit really can extend the life of cancer patients. Both have positive emotions such as fighting spirit, such as no or negative emotions such as helpless or hopeless, they cannot be used to reliably predict better results. James Coyne is chief scientist, University of Pennsylvania research project behavior of tumor medicine, he said: the new assertion will continue, if people find links, they can always find. The research results before and he explained: if you are healthy, and you live in allows you to maintain a healthy environment, then you are likely to be more happy. Dont say that the lack of data, believe that positive magical ideas spread so widely, in fact may bring harm. Even in cancer patients may still feel confused in mind when tended to be optimistic, but not to seek relief or treatment of deep despair, or deteriorated blame yourself. In fact, such pressure makes it difficult to know a patient is really has the fighting spirit or just because she knows that a patient should be so, leading to future scientific