Regularly attending religious services associated with lower risk of deaths of despair

Wednesday, May 6, 2020 - 15:50 in Health & Medicine

People who attended religious services at least once a week were significantly less likely to die from “deaths of despair,” including deaths related to suicide, drug overdose, and alcohol poisoning, according to new research led by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. The study showed that the association between service attendance and lower risk of deaths from […]

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