Married people are THREE times more likely to survive middle age.

• Being single after 40, or losing a partner without marrying again, increased the risk of early death during middle age and cut the chances of getting to 60.
• Being married could be the key to a longer life - by improving your chances of surviving middle age, claim scientists.
• People who never married were almost three times as likely to die early than those who had been in a stable marriage throughout their adult life US researchers found.
• The new research suggests for the first time that not having a spouse in midlife increases the risk of dying during those years.
• Even when personality and risky behaviours such as smoking and drinking were accounted for, married people were still 2.3 times more likely to survive.
• The new study was carried out by Dr Ilene Siegler and colleagues from the department of behavioural sciences at Duke University Medical Center, North Carolina.

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Married people are THREE times more likely to survive middle age.

• Being single after 40, or losing a partner without marrying again, increased the risk of early death during middle age and cut the chances of getting to 60.
• Being married could be the key to a longer life - by improving your chances of surviving middle age, claim scientists.
• People who never married were almost three times as likely to die early than those who had been in a stable marriage throughout their adult life US researchers found.
• The new research suggests for the first time that not having a spouse in midlife increases the risk of dying during those years.
• Even when personality and risky behaviours such as smoking and drinking were accounted for, married people were still 2.3 times more likely to survive.
• The new study was carried out by Dr Ilene Siegler and colleagues from the department of behavioural sciences at Duke University Medical Center, North Carolina.

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Pear-shaped women AREN'T protected from heart disease: Study overturns 'myth' that it's better to have wobbly thighs than a fat stomach .

• Those who carried weight around their bottoms secreted abnormal levels of two proteins
• These are known to cause early risk factors for heart disease and diabetes
• People who are 'apple-shaped' - with fat concentrated around their middles - have long been thought to be at greater risk from heart disease and diabetes than their 'pear-shaped' peers. But now researchers say the protective effect of carrying weight in the hips, thighs and bum is probably a myth.

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Pear-shaped women AREN'T protected from heart disease: Study overturns 'myth' that it's better to have wobbly thighs than a fat stomach .

• Those who carried weight around their bottoms secreted abnormal levels of two proteins
• These are known to cause early risk factors for heart disease and diabetes
• People who are 'apple-shaped' - with fat concentrated around their middles - have long been thought to be at greater risk from heart disease and diabetes than their 'pear-shaped' peers. But now researchers say the protective effect of carrying weight in the hips, thighs and bum is probably a myth.

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Sugary-soft-drinks-raise-risk-depression

• Four cans of pop a day raised depression risk 30%
• But drinking four cups of coffee decreased risk by 10%

If you are feeling low, it may be best to lay off the fizzy drinks and have a cup of coffee instead.

A study has linked soft drinks to depression – with diet versions particularly problematic. 

Coffee, however, appeared to have the opposite effect.

The finding comes from US researchers who studied the drink consumption of 265,000 men and women aged 50 to 71.

Sugary-soft-drinks-raise-risk-depression

• Four cans of pop a day raised depression risk 30%
• But drinking four cups of coffee decreased risk by 10%

If you are feeling low, it may be best to lay off the fizzy drinks and have a cup of coffee instead.

A study has linked soft drinks to depression – with diet versions particularly problematic. 

Coffee, however, appeared to have the opposite effect.

The finding comes from US researchers who studied the drink consumption of 265,000 men and women aged 50 to 71.

SURPRISE SURPRISE... GLOBAL WARMING HAS STALLED, ADMITS MET OFFICE

THE great global warming debate was blown wide open again yesterday when the Met Office predicted cooler than expected temperatures for the next five years.
The Met Office, one of the top cheerleaders for the man-made climate change camp, said global temperatures are likely to be lower than it forecast in December 2011.