As if you needed a reason to read a book, a recent study might give you one more. If you want to live longer, read. Check out this story on Smithsonian magazine’s site:
“A new study in the journal Social Science and Medicine suggests that elderly people who read books have what authors call “a survival advantage†over those who don’t,” writes Erin Blakemore. “Researchers used information from the National Institute on Aging’s Health and Retirement Study, a large public resource on adults 50 years and older in the United States, to tease out correlations between reading and longevity.”
