Well: Looking to Genes for the Secret to Happiness

Friday, August 23, 2013 - 07:20 in Biology & Nature

People whose happiness was based on a sense of higher purpose and service to others had gene markers indicating low levels of inflammation, which has been linked to the development of cancer and heart disease.

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