Zen meditation, Length of Telomeres, and the Role of Experiential Avoidance and Compassion.

Full text Mindfulness (N Y). 2016;7:651-659. Epub 2016 Feb 22. Alda M1, Puebla-Guedea M2, Rodero B3, Demarzo M4, Montero-Marin J2, Roca M5, Garcia-Campayo J6. Author information Abstract Mindfulness refers to an awareness that emerges by intentionally focusing on the present experience in a nonjudgmental or evaluative manner. Evidence regarding its efficacy has been increasing exponentially, […]

Book up for a longer life: readers die later, study finds

Survey of more than 3,500 people finds that reading books – markedly more than periodicals – appears to deliver a noticeable ‘survival advantage’ Anti-ageing activity … a group of older readers. Photograph: Alamy Flaubert had it that “the one way of tolerating existence is to lose oneself in literature as in a perpetual orgy”. It […]

Reading daily predicts reduced mortality among men from a cohort of community-dwelling 70-year-olds

Full Text J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci.2008 Mar;63(2):S73-80. Jacobs JM1, Hammerman-Rozenberg R, Cohen A, Stessman J. Abstract OBJECTIVES: Although social and physical components of leisure activity have proven beneficial to successful aging, the influence of solitary and nonstrenuous activity on subsequent aging is unclear. This study examined reading activity to investigate the relationship […]

A chapter a day: Association of book reading with longevity

More … Avni Bavishi, Martin D. Slade, Becca R. Levy, Yale University School of Public Health, Laboratory of Epidemiology and Public Health, 60 College Street, New Haven, CT 06510, USA Received 20 October 2015, Revised 11 July 2016, Accepted 15 July 2016, Available online 18 July 2016 Abstract Although books can expose people to new […]