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Obesity and smoking may be the most conspicuous causes of illness in this country, but physical factors don’t account for everything. Your psychology — namely, your personality and outlook on life — can be just as important to your well-being as exercising and eating right.
What does a stubbed toe or a splinter in a finger have to do with your risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease, suffering a heart attack or succumbing to colon cancer?
There was not much in Jenny McCarthy’s early career as a Playboy model and MTV star to suggest that she would become a passionate advocate for family issues, children’s health and autism awareness. But the birth of her now almost 7-year-old son Evan, who developed autism early in life, changed all of that. McCarthy has become a best-selling author, first of lighter stuff like Baby Laughs and Life Laughs; then of more serious fare, like Louder than Words: A Mother’s Journey in Healing Autism.