Social Relationships Are Linked To Improved Survival
Individuals with adequate social relationships have a 50% greater likelihood of survival compared to those with poor or insufficient social relationships. The magnitude of this effect is comparable with stopping smoking and exceeds many well known risk factors for mortality such as obesity and physical inactivity. These are the main findings of a meta-analysis of social relationships and ...
Social Interaction Increases Survival by 50%
Theoretical models have suggested that social relationships influence health through stress reduction and by more direct protective effects that promote healthy behavior. A recent study confirms this concept.
Relationships Are Important for Longevity
A new study emphatically demonstrates the value of social relationships for increasing a persons lifespan. In fact, Brigham Young University scientists add social relationships to the short list of factors that predict a persons odds of living or dying. In the journal PLoS Medicine, BYU professors Julianne Holt-Lunstad and Timothy Smith report that social connections friends, [...]
Social Media Remorse Syndrome
Toni Bowers at TechRepublic has written about a new syndrome that afflicts many of us. Symptoms include posting something compromising or embarrassing about ourselves online and then regretting it later. Sound familiar? Since the advent of social media, there have been many horror stories of people losing relationships, jobs or even just face over inappropriate posts. A new study has shown that ...
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