The Disease Resistant Personality
The Disease Resistant Personality
In today’s world of high-tech, high-cost medicine one thing becomes apparent. Despite virtually unheard of medical advances, the prevalence of chronic disease puts into question whether or not we are on the right track with our medical research and whether or not there might be other approaches to curtail chronic diseases such as cardiovascular, renal, arthritic, and yes, even cancer. Why do some people succumb to certain diseases and others stay healthy and active well into later years? This paper will try to scratch the surface and delve deeper into relatively new research. This research reveals that there indeed seems to be a certain personality type that is less prone to chronic disease, and people displaying these personality traits will on average live longer, healthier, more productive lives. What traits are involved then in what we call “The disease resistant personality?”
