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09/10/2018 / By Lance D Johnson

The price of convenience: Research links city living to lowered mental health

Recent mental health research shows that city living can negatively affect overall mental health. According to Psychology Today, city dwellers experience higher levels of anxiety and depression. It turns out that population density doesn’t equate to human connection and relationship. Without these true binding forces, city life disappoints. Lights and noises are all around, but it’s just filler; […]

07/10/2018 / By Carol Anderson

People who live in rural towns are documented to be HAPPIER than city-dwellers, according to new research

What’s not to be happy about city-living? Everything you need is at arm’s reach – great food, entertainment, shopping malls, the list goes on. You will never get bored. But a recent study suggests that people residing in rural areas are in fact happier because of their simpler life. A team of researchers from Vancouver School of […]

06/07/2018 / By Carol Anderson

Children raised in rural environments and surrounded by animals develop stronger immune systems

It’s said that being in rural areas has enormous benefits to our physical health. We’ve also been told that growing up in an environment where we’re exposed to animals and nature reduces the risk of developing asthma and some other diseases. A more recent study, however, found that growing up in a place close to nature […]

09/22/2017 / By Jhoanna Robinson

Want to live to 100? Eat right, exercise, be social (in real life), stay positive, and have plenty of sex

Nowadays, centenarians – who before have lived only once in a blue moon – are becoming the fastest-growing group of the population. What is their secret to a long life? The power of positive thinking. “I don’t sit back and moan. People in their 70s and 80s, they sicken me, many of them. They’ve given […]

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