Research Database

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September 2014
Bachelors, Divorcees, and Widowers: Does Marriage Protect Men from Type 2 Diabetes?
Researchers examined the role of marital status in the development of type 2 diabetes. Using prospective data from the Health Professionals Follow-up Study, researchers found that unmarried men (especially widowers) had an elevated risk of developing type 2 diabetes, when compared to married men (adjusting for other factors). This increased risk may be partially mediated by unfavorable changes in lifestyle, diet, and adiposity.
November 2010
Psychological Well-Being, Cardiorespiratory Fitness, and Long-Term Survival
While low levels of negative emotion or high levels of cardiorespiratory fitness are predictors of long-term survival in men and women, being both fit and not unhappy provides a strong combined effect, reducing premature death by 63 percent, according to this study.

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