Nick Cordero’s wife Amanda Kloots is optimistic as her husband recovers from a new lung infection

Amanda Kloots sounded cautiously optimistic late Saturday night as she updated her followers on her husband Nick Cordero’s condition. The 38-year-old fitness trainer revealed that Nick had been slowly recovering after his health went ‘downhill’ days earlier as the result of a new lung infection. The 41-year-old Broadway star has been on a ventilator and … Read more

Tiny Oxford firm is ‘extremely optimistic’ over pill it has developed to combat coronavirus

Boss of tiny Oxford firm is ‘extremely optimistic’ over one-a-day pill it has developed to combat coronavirus BerGenBio, a British-Norwegian company has just 38 staff working for them The firm believe they have found the key to combat the coronavirus Chief executive of the company said tests on SARS-Cov-2 ‘showed big effects’ It works by … Read more

Oil veteran Algy Cluff strikes ‘optimistic’ after Africa deal

Algy Cluff remains ‘optimistic’ about future for oil as demand slumps to lowest levels for 25 years By Harriet Dennys, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:57 BST, 2 May 2020 | Updated: 21:57 BST, 2 May 2020 Veteran oil prospector Algy Cluff is determined to remain ‘optimistic’ about the future for oil as demand slumps … Read more

Criss Angel says he’s trying to stay ‘optimistic’ as son Johnny Crisstopher, 6, begins chemo

Criss Angel says he’s trying to stay ‘optimistic’ as son Johnny Crisstopher, 6, begins chemo for leukemia during coronavirus pandemic By Rachel Mcgrath For Dailymail.com Published: 05:50 GMT, 25 March 2020 | Updated: 18:01 GMT, 25 March 2020 His six-year-old son Johnny Crisstopher is undergoing chemotherapy after his leukemia returned after a period of remission. … Read more

Eastbourne pensioners defiantly optimistic despite coronavirus pandemic

There is always something forlorn about a seaside resort out of season, doubly so when the new season is vanishing just as it begins. Of even greater concern here in Eastbourne is the fact that the local population is, famously, at the senior end of the spectrum. And coronavirus, as the whole world now knows, … Read more

Apple CEO Tim Cook says he’s optimistic China is getting coronavirus under control as factories open

Apple CEO Tim Cook has said he’s ‘optimistic’ China is getting coronavirus under control and has pointed to the company ramping up iPhone production as proof. A total of 2,744 people have died in the country out of 78,497 Coronavirus cases but on Monday the number of newly infected people outside the Hubei Province – … Read more

DR MAX PEMBERTON on how dementia sufferers with optimistic spouses suffer less memory loss 

Some years ago, when I worked in a dementia clinic, I used to see an elderly couple who had an interesting dynamic. They’d been together for nearly 50 years and were devoted. The husband had been a university lecturer and, when diagnosed with dementia, was horrified that the thing he valued the most — his … Read more