‘Staying positive may not speed your recovery’‘Staying positive may not speed your recovery’
Be positive! You will be well very soon. This common advice may neither help you get through illness nor make you better quicker, say researchers.
A new study of cancer patients in Finland and Sweden, published in the American Journal Of Epidemiology, found no association between survival rates and whether people were positive or negative in their outlook.
The study looked at 4,600 people with cancer over 30 years, and found that whether they were extrovert or neurotic, their attitude to life had no relationship with how long they survived their illness. It’s not an isolated finding.
An analysis of research by Dr James Coyne at University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, found that there were no good quality studies showing that “positive psychology” had any effect on physical health.
In one of his own large studies, he found that the sense of emotional well-being of cancer patients had no effect on how long they lived.
Even British researchers and health staff are becoming concerned that American lifestyle gurus who urge people to “be positive and live longer” may be doing more harm than good, the Daily Mail reported.
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Usher urges court not to take away kids
Singer Usher, who shares joint custody of his children with ex-wife Tameka Raymond, has urged a court not to take away his fatherly rights.
The couple got divorced in June 2009 and Tameka asked a Georgia court last month for full custody of their two kids claiming Usher has continually dropped the ball as a parent, TMZ online reported.
Tameka also claimed the 33-year-old Love In This Club hitmaker callously closed her 5th Avenue credit card and now she can’t take advantage of the “special benefits” the card offers. She has also tried numerous times to get the judge to force Usher to submit to a drug test. But Usher said all the allegations were false and filed his own response in the ongoing custody battle asking a judge to reject Tameka’s request for full custody. — PTI
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