Sign in

or Register now

MyDepressionConnection.com

See all of our health sites at www.HealthCentral.com
Sunday, October, 25, 2009

Personality Trait

Personality traits don't affect breast cancer risk

October 03, 2008
In the mid 1990's, researchers in the Netherlands found a weak link between a woman's personality traits and breast cancer. But a follow-up study conducted by the same team appears to reverse that finding. Researchers say the follow-up study on all 9,700 women found no link between traits such as anger, anxiety, or anti-emotionality and breast cancer. Read more »

Expert & Community Posts

42_2018
Understanding Your Loved One's Personality Traits
By Dorian Martin , Health Expert

...determine how to work with the loved one’s dominant personality trait (whether it’s a need... Read more »

123_5876
Migraine personality? I thought this was the 21st century.
By Teri Robert , Health Expert

"You have Migraines? They're all in your head? It's that type A personality of yours..." Need I say... Read more »

64_3608
How Personality Affects Our Health
By Dr. Rick Wirtz , Health Expert

...concept, so talking about a person in terms of one personality trait is not very realistic, but... Read more »

6639_9522
What's It All About Alfie? The Big Picture Backdrop to MS
By Dr. Gross , Health Expert

...of kidneys, hearts and livers developing certain personality traits and interests of the donors.... Read more »

17824
Best Book of the Summer
By Tracy Davenport , Health Expert

...Mind Over Back Pain, Dr. John Sarno describes these personality traits as common in patients who... Read more »

Health Guide

How Your Personality Affects Your Health
...ourselves and the world. Personality is a complicated concept and so talking about a person in terms of one personality trait is not very realistic but I’m going to do so for the sake of making... Read more »
How Personality Affects Our Health            
...ourselves and the world. Personality is a complicated concept, so talking about a person in terms of one personality trait is not very realistic, but I’m going to do so for the sake of making... Read more »
How Attitude Affects Our Health
... Personality is a complicated concept, and so while talking about a person in terms of a single personality trait is not very realistic, I will do so for the sake of making this simple. If you... Read more »
ADHD: Tips for Improving Your Self-Esteem
...and the good person that you are.  3)      Complete a character inventory listing the good personality traits you have.  These are internal traits such as patient, loving,... Read more »
Bipolar Disorder: Minfulness Part 1
...scary proposition for many, but for a lot of us, Dr Gartner pointed out, it can also be a very positive personality trait. I long held the belief that psychiatrists tended to err on the side of... Read more »

Related News

Personality Plays Role in Surviving Peripheral Artery Disease
August 26, 2009

(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- A preliminary study suggests that a negative, inhibited personality type (type D personality) appears to predict an increased... Read summary »

Stress and Social Life Linked to Dementia
January 22, 2009

(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- An active social life and having a handle on stress could decrease your chance of developing dementia. In a recent study,... Read summary »

"Sunnier" disposition could get you to 100
April 20, 2009

Being very outgoing and knowing how to manage stress are the keys to living to age 100 and beyond, new research suggests. Scientists have long known... Read summary »

Study: Overweight workers aren't lazy, difficult
October 03, 2008

New research has found that many of the commonly held stereotypes about obese workers are wrong. Investigators studied the relationship between... Read summary »

Study: Anxiety boosts heart attack risk
October 03, 2008

UCLA researchers say older men who suffer from chronic anxiety have a substantially higher risk of having a heart attack. Men in a new study who... Read summary »