The Checkup - Happiness and heart health

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The Checkup - Happiness and heart health

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To ward off heart disease, you might want to lose weight. Quit smoking. Manage your cholesterol and blood pressure. And maybe you should stop being such a sourpuss. Researchers led by Karina Davidson at Columbia University Medical Center analyzed 10 years of data about 1,739 healthy adults who participated in...

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Tags: Heart, Heart Disease, Coronary Artery Disease, Cholesterol, Disease and Condition, Smoking Cessation, Happiness

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