The unexpected way to see many happy and healthy Fourth of July celebrations. HINT: It is not a life of artificial fireworks. Instead, follow the Founding Fathers.
Laughing at Seinfeld or Glee may be entertaining but don't think it will keep you healthy. Studying people for many decades reveals the real key reason why happiness is correlated with health.
This week, I and my co-researcher Dr. Leslie Martin were featured on The Martha Stewart Show. We were invited to appear with Martha and her studio audience to discuss our just-published book, The Longevity Project.
Recent news reports about fancy CT scans for lung cancer leave out the most important number you need to know, and they lead to a warped view of health!
Can we really think good thoughts and make ourselves healthier? How can we tell? Biomedical researchers and holistic healers need to stop the fighting.
The self-healing personality and The Longevity Project
Howard S. Friedman, Ph.D., is a distinguished professor of psychology at the University of California, Riverside.
About Secrets of Longevity
How can we understand all the paradoxical health headlines? Put them into context. The usual piecemeal suggestions (relax, eat vegetables, lose weight, get married, do this, don't do that) are life-saving for some but neither effective nor economical for many. In fact, narrow medical advice often backfires, leaving us overweight and overstressed. As an alternative, our studies reveal that struggling with endless lists of specific health rules is unnecessary; instead the healthiest among us find broad pathways and patterns to better health.
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