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Friday, October 10, 2008

Anxiety may help older women live longer

(HealthDay News) UPDATED 2008-03-14
Higher levels of anxiety help elderly women live longer, researchers say, but they appear to shorten the lives of older men. A team of scientists followed the progress of 1,000 seniors and found that women with higher levels of anxiety at the start of the study lived longer than others. In contrast to women, men with higher anxiety levels at the start of the study were more likely to die earlier. Researchers say the higher anxiety levels may lead women to seek medical treatment more often than men.  Read full story >
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