Tell me how you are -- and I know how long you will live
The way people rate their health determines their probability of survival in the following decades. Researchers from the Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine at the University of Zurich demonstrate that for ratings ranging from "excellent," "good," "fair," and "poor" to "very poor," the risk of mortality increases steadily independently of such known risk factors as smoking, low education levels or pre-existing diseases....
Source: PhysOrg - Thursday, 9 February
Related articles:
- Older News
- 4Vote! Expectations of Long Life Lead to Leisurely Decisions
Yahoo Science News - Wednesday, 11 April
- 11Vote! First molecular evidence links live poultry markets to human H5N1 infection in China
PhysOrg - Friday, 16 December
- 3Vote! HIV patients can live as long as the general population when treated optimally
LabSpaces - Friday, 2 December
- 14Vote! What can we learn from America's fastest growing and least understood age group?
- 12Vote! Space Station Astronauts Connect Live With D.C. Students
NASA - Wednesday, 2 November, 2011
- 20Vote! Better vaccines thanks to RNA
