 "Higher scores on the survey indicated greater purpose in life")
Seniors who feel their life has purpose may be less likely to die from heart, circulatory and digestive diseases and more likely to live longer, new data suggest.
In a study that followed nearly 7,000 people over age 50 for more than a decade, researchers determined that people were more likely to die at a younger age if they felt their lives had little purpose, according to the report published in JAMA Network Open.
“We found a strong association between life purpose and mortality in the U S,” said the study’s lead author, Leigh Pearce of the University of Michigan School of
