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Can Gratitude Help People with Heart Disease?

By Jeff Huffman | September 2014 | TRT 9:49

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Jeff Huffman

Jeff Huffman, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. He is the Director of the Cardiac Psychiatry Research…

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