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Tuesday, June 19, 2012

ScienceDaily: Living Well News

ScienceDaily: Living Well News


Living alone associated with higher risk of mortality, cardiovascular death

Posted: 18 Jun 2012 01:17 PM PDT

Living alone was associated with an increased risk of death and cardiovascular death in an international study of stable outpatients at risk of or with arterial vascular disease (such as coronary disease or peripheral vascular disease).

Loneliness in older individuals linked to functional decline, death

Posted: 18 Jun 2012 01:17 PM PDT

Loneliness in individuals over 60 years of age appears associated with increased risk of functional decline and death, according to a new report.

Yankee Fans keep enemy Red Sox closer

Posted: 18 Jun 2012 07:26 AM PDT

Fans of the New York Yankees incorrectly perceive Fenway Park, home of the archrival Boston Red Sox, to be closer to New York City than is Camden Yards, home of the Baltimore Orioles, psychologists have found. Their research shows how social categorization, collective identification, and identity threat work in concert to shape our representations of the physical world.

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