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Be Happy And Don't Have A Heart Attack

Be Happy And Don't Have A Heart Attack

Daily Record

February 18, 2010

By Lachlan Mackinnon

If you want to avoid a heart attack, be happy and enjoy yourself.

That’s the message from doctors who believe there’s a strong link between happiness and a healthy heart.

Researchers found that happy people recover more quickly from stress and find it easier to relax.

And that means the nerves in their body which control blood pressure and heart rate work better.

People with a happy outlook also tend to sleep better and are less likely to smoke.

Walking Doctors in America found that grumpy people with gloomy attitudes were more than TWICE as likely to fall victim to cardiac disease, compared to the happiest patients.

And they believe people can take simple everyday steps to cheer themselves up and reduce their heart attack risk.

Heart expert Dr Karina Davidson, of New York’s Columbia University Medical Cent re, said: "Ordinary people can ensure they have some pleasurable activities in their daily lives.

"If you enjoy reading novels but never get around to it, commit to get t ing 15 minutes or so of reading in. If walking or listening to music improves your mood, get those activities in your schedule.

"Spending a few minutes each day truly relaxed and enjoying yourself is certainly good for your mental health.

“And it may improve your physical health as wel l, a lt hough t h i s i s not confirmed yet.”

Dr Davidson and her team followed 1739 male and female patients for 10 years, starting from 1995.

They found t hat t he happiest ones were more than twice as likely as the gloomiest to stay free of cardiac disease.

Dr Davidson said that if the findings are backed up by more research, they could revolutionise the methods doctors use to keep their patients safe.

“We desperately need rigorous clinical trials in this area,” she added.

“If the trials support our findings, these results will be incredibly important in describing what clinicians and pat ients could do to improve health.”

The findings are published in the European Heart Journal.

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