ScienceDaily: Living Well News

As an individual's free time increases, so does that person's sense of well-being -- but only up to a point. Too much free time can be also be a bad thing, according to new research.

Walking at least 7,000 steps a day reduced middle-aged people's risk of premature death from all causes by 50% to 70%, compared to that of other middle-aged people who took fewer daily steps.

Psychologists have known there's value in finding a 'silver lining,' in coaxing oneself through bad news. But there has been little consideration of whether there's a benefit to looking for those upsides in bad news before the news arrives.