Imagine there is a glass of water on a table in front of you. It has water in it but it is not full. How do you describe the glass? Do you say it is half full or half empty? If you say half full, you might be an optimist. If you say, half empty, you might be the opposite -- a pessimist. Optimism and pessimism represent your general attitude toward certain situations or to life in general. And your attitude about life may be more important to living than you think. A new study suggests that your level of optimism may affect your health. People who are optimistic may live longer than those who are pessimistic. Researchers at Harvard University’s School of Public Health in Boston did the study. They compared women with a general expectation that good things will happen to women who were less optimistic. They found that the optimists had a much lower risk of getting several deadly diseases, including cancer, heart disease, stroke, respiratory disease and certain types of infection.
Title: Looking on the Bright Side Might Help You Live Longer
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1613/bright_side.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Looking on the Bright Side Might Help You Live Longer' data-article-id='2131'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='6438'>Imagine there is a glass of water on a table in front of you.</span> <span data-start-time='6438' data-end-time='11375'>It has water in it but it is not full.</span> <span data-start-time='11375' data-end-time='20313'>How do you describe the glass? Do you say it is half full or half empty?</span> <span data-start-time='20313' data-end-time='25854'>If you say half full, you might be an optimist.</span> <span data-start-time='25854' data-end-time='32271'>If you say, half empty, you might be the opposite -- a pessimist.</span> <span data-start-time='32271' data-end-time='42938'>Optimism and pessimism represent your general attitude toward certain situations or to life in general.</span> <span data-start-time='42938' data-end-time='49479'>And your attitude about life may be more important to living than you think.</span> <span data-start-time='49479' data-end-time='56771'>A new study suggests that your level of optimism may affect your health.</span> <span data-start-time='56771' data-end-time='63479'>People who are optimistic may live longer than those who are pessimistic.</span> <span data-start-time='63479' data-end-time='70750'>Researchers at Harvard University’s School of Public Health in Boston did the study.</span> <span data-start-time='70750' data-end-time='79938'>They compared women with a general expectation that good things will happen to women who were less optimistic.</span> <span data-start-time='79938' data-end-time='96958'>They found that the optimists had a much lower risk of getting several deadly diseases, including cancer, heart disease, stroke, respiratory disease and certain types of infection.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1613/bright_side.jpg'/></div></div><div 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