Can vacations boost longevity?


By AGENCY

Don't think having an otherwise healthy lifestyle will compensate for working too hard and not taking holidays, advises the study author.

TAKING a vacation could do more than help you relax for a week or two - it could potentially help you live longer, according to new research presented at the European Society of Cardiology Congress 2018.

Carried out by researchers at the University of Helsinki, Finland, the new study looked at 1,222 middle-aged male executives born between 1919 to 1934 and recruited into the Helsinki Businessmen Study in 1974 and 1975.

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