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UGS 302: Contemporary Topics in Pharmacy-Based Healthcare - Karboski

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"William Chopik, an assistant professor of psychology at Michigan State University, has found evidence of the power of optimism. He and his research colleagues studied optimism, in addition to health and activity limitations, in 2,758 older couples in a national dataset."

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