Happiness may be good for your health
In a study of nearly 3,000 healthy British adults, lead by Dr. Andrew Steptoe of University College London, found that those who reported upbeat moods had lower levels of cortisol -- a "stress" hormone that, when chronically elevated, may contribute to high blood pressure, abdominal obesity and dampened immune function, among other problems.
Now if researchers can work on the evidence that frivolous taxation stress is harmful to health so we can finally slap the final warning language on the side of the capitol dome and slap the Senate Majority Leader and the Speaker of House upside their hollow little heads.
