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Leaving the house linked to longevity in older adults
[Reuters]
By Carolyn Crist,Reuters
?December 26, 2017
(Reuters Health) - For older people, getting out of the house regularly may contribute to a longer life - and the effect is independent of medical problems or mobility issues, according to new research from Israel.
For study participants in their 70s, 80s and 90s, the frequency with which they left the house predicted how likely they were to make it to the next age milestone, researchers report in Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.
?The simple act of getting out of the house every day propels people into engagement with the world,? said lead author Dr. Jeremy Jacobs of Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center in Jerusalem in a phone interview.
?We saw similar benefits that you?d expect from treating blood pressure or cholesterol with medicine,? Jacobs said. ?Social factors are important in the process of aging.?...
Leaving the house linked to longevity in older adults
[Reuters]
By Carolyn Crist,Reuters
?December 26, 2017
(Reuters Health) - For older people, getting out of the house regularly may contribute to a longer life - and the effect is independent of medical problems or mobility issues, according to new research from Israel.
For study participants in their 70s, 80s and 90s, the frequency with which they left the house predicted how likely they were to make it to the next age milestone, researchers report in Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.
?The simple act of getting out of the house every day propels people into engagement with the world,? said lead author Dr. Jeremy Jacobs of Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center in Jerusalem in a phone interview.
?We saw similar benefits that you?d expect from treating blood pressure or cholesterol with medicine,? Jacobs said. ?Social factors are important in the process of aging.?...