Golf Prolongs Life, Swedish Study Finds

Friday, May 30, 2008 - 10:14 in Health & Medicine

Golf can be a good investment for the health, according to a new study from the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet. The death rate for golfers is 40 percent lower than for other people of the same sex, age and socioeconomic status, which correspond to a 5 year increase in life expectancy. Golfers with a low handicap are the safest.

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