04-06-2014, 12:50 PM
From news 6/4/14:
"Study suggests they may be three times more likely to develop brain disease than more trusting folks.
Cynical, distrustful people may be more prone to dementia, a new Finnish study contends.
Those traits have been linked with other health problems, such as heart disease, the researchers noted.
Tolppanen's group found that people with high levels of cynical distrust were three times more likely to develop dementia than people with low levels of cynicism.
Among the 164 people with high levels of cynicism, 14 developed dementia, compared with nine of the 212 people with low levels of cynicism. Of the 246 people with moderate levels of cynicism, 13 were diagnosed with dementia during the study.
The researchers also looked at whether people with high levels of cynicism were more likely to die than people with low levels of cynicism.
High cynicism was associated with earlier death, but after taking into account factors such as socioeconomic status, behaviors such as smoking and other health conditions, the link between cynicism and death disappeared, the researchers found."
http://www.everydayhealth.com/news/cynic...d%3D483448
I wasn't sure whether to post this under "science" or under "propaganda." I wonder if my choice is going to make me senile?
"Study suggests they may be three times more likely to develop brain disease than more trusting folks.
Cynical, distrustful people may be more prone to dementia, a new Finnish study contends.
Those traits have been linked with other health problems, such as heart disease, the researchers noted.
Tolppanen's group found that people with high levels of cynical distrust were three times more likely to develop dementia than people with low levels of cynicism.
Among the 164 people with high levels of cynicism, 14 developed dementia, compared with nine of the 212 people with low levels of cynicism. Of the 246 people with moderate levels of cynicism, 13 were diagnosed with dementia during the study.
The researchers also looked at whether people with high levels of cynicism were more likely to die than people with low levels of cynicism.
High cynicism was associated with earlier death, but after taking into account factors such as socioeconomic status, behaviors such as smoking and other health conditions, the link between cynicism and death disappeared, the researchers found."
http://www.everydayhealth.com/news/cynic...d%3D483448
I wasn't sure whether to post this under "science" or under "propaganda." I wonder if my choice is going to make me senile?