Cynicism linked to greater dementia risk, study says

A new study in the latest edition of Neurology, the journal of the American Academy of Neurology, found that cynical people have a higher likelihood of developing dementia. Click Here To Use MINDFULNESS MEDITATION To Stop Being Cynical There have been previous studies that showed that people who were cynical were more likely to die earlier and have other poor health outcomes, but no one that we could tell ever looked at dementia, said Anna-Maija Tolppanen, one of the study s authors and a professor at the University of Eastern Finland. We have seen some studies that show people who are more open and optimistic have a lower risk for dementia so we thought this was a good question to ask. I can tell you from my clinical perspective from treating patients, I am absolutely certain that psychological attitudes can lead people down a road to poor health, because I see it every day when I talk to patients, said Dr. Hilary Tindle, assistant professor of medicine at the University of Pittsburg
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