Feb 2, 2020
Of the 230,000 people followed for an average of 14 years in a study, those who were optimistic had a 35% lower risk for cardiovascular events and a 14% lower risk for early death compared with their pessimistic peers. “A merry heart does good like a medicine, and a...
Jun 26, 2018
Ohio State University scientists have examined two samples of more than 1600 obituaries looking for religion, marital status, and social activities. They found religious people lived an average of 5.64 years longer than nonbelievers. When controlled for gender and...
Jan 25, 2018
Oxford University economists Ortiz-Ospina and Roser have put together a comprehensive document on healthcare financing (data geeks will love this). When they plot per-capita healthcare spending against life expectancy for the wealthiest countries, the U.S. comes up...
Jul 11, 2016
A 20-year study of more than 74,000 women in the Nurses Health Study has found church attendance significantly reduces mortality rates. Attending church more than once per week is associated with 33% lower all-cause mortality compared with women who had never attended...