Thursday, January 10, 2008

Don't Worry, Be Happy

It seems intuitive that worrying would cause health problems. Where does all of that nervous energy go? Well, straight to the heart according to a new study as reported on MSNBC.

Psychologist Biing-Jiun Shen, of the University of Southern California, used data from the Normative Aging Study and concluded that men who were chronic worriers were 30% to 40% more likely to have had a heart attack than their more easygoing counterparts.

Maybe these men need to learn the health benefits of meditation.