Dr. Hilary Tindle and a team from the Women's Health Initiative were interested in finding out if optimism (positive future expectations) and cynical, hostile attitudes toward others are related to coronary heart disease and mortality (death) in postmenopausal women. Guess what!! Women who scored at the top of the optimism scale had lower rates of heart disease and total mortality that pessimists, The most cynical, hostile women also had higher rates of heart disease and death.
Also, in terms of cancer, the most cynical, hostile women had a higher risk of cancer-related mortality and total mortality,
So the conclusions were that optimism and cynical hostility are both associated with important health outcomes.
So ladies, let's get those sunny dispositions rolling.
