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Science Says Reading Books Makes Us Live Longer

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It’s National Book Lovers Day. Read any good ones lately? You’ll want to after you read this.

Reading books isn’t just a fun, relaxing pastime. It boosts brain cell connectivity and encourages empathy. And today there’s another solid reason to remind us to read.

A new finding published in the journal Social Science & Medicine followed a nationally representative sample of several thousand American adults age 50 and older. Those who read books for up to 3.5 hours each week lived almost two years longer over the 12-year follow-up than non-book readers.

Magazine and newspaper reading was helpful, but far less so than book reading.


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