To some, the very idea of optimism seems peculiarly American. In fact, the concept was German, the word was French, and the trait precedes nations altogether: it is baked into our DNA
The Illusion of Optimism
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Cesarean Deliveries Rise Alongside Rate of Induced Labor
The rise in cesarean-section deliveries in recent years has been characterized by some as a key indication of the overmedicalization of childbirth.
Wide Social Networks Are Key to Good Health, Says Study
A healthy social life may be as good for your long-term health as avoiding cigarettes, according to a massive research review released Tuesday by the journal PLoS Medicine. Researchers at Brigham Young University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill pooled data from 148 studies on health outcomes and social relationships — every research paper on the topic they could find, involving more than 300,000 men and women across the developed world — and found that those with poor social connections had on average 50% higher odds of death in the study’s follow-up period than people with more robust social ties
Soldier dies after receiving smoker’s lungs in transplant
A leading UK hospital has defended its practice of using organs donated by smokers after the death of a soldier who received the cancerous lungs of a heavy smoker.