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Yale researchers followed 3,635 people aged 50 and older for up to 12 years and found that those reading books for more than 3.5 hours a week had a 23% lower risk of dying than non-readers. Overall, b...
A 12-year Yale analysis linked book reading with lower mortality, but the famous 23-month difference came from unadjusted survival curves and does not prove causation.