Lonely Hearts
The online edition of Time Magazine reported last week on a study in the Psychology and Aging journal that found an association between loneliness and high blood pressure in people aged 50 to 68.
The magazine reports, “The difference in blood pressure readings was much greater than the researchers expected. While this is still an associational study — and therefore doesn’t prove cause and effect — it does fit with previous data suggesting that greater social involvement plays at least some role in promoting good heath as we age.”
Ah, yes, one more common sense link in the total wellness picture… to be hyvin [well].
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[...] Taken with another post earlier this week, we now have two very practical ways to reduce the risk of high blood pressure (and, most likely, provide many, many other total health and wellness benefits): get enough sleep and take steps to combat loneliness. Email this post [...]
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