Book Lovers Live Longer, According to Yale Study

According to a study by Yale University researchers, book lovers will live longer. "Compared to non-book readers, book readers had a 23-month survival advantage at the point of 80% survival in the unadjusted model. A survival advantage persisted after adjustment for all covariates, indicating book readers experienced a 20% reduction in risk of mortality over the 12 years of follow up compared to non-book readers....These findings suggest that the benefits of reading books include a longer life in which to read them," the findings suggest.

According to a Pew Research Center survey, young adults are reading more compared to older folks. The study reports that 80 percent of young adults in America read a book last year, compared with 68 percent of those between the ages of 50 and 64.

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