HEALTH
Hardworking and prudent people live longer: Study
Washington: Are you a carefree and cheerful kind of person? If yes, please take note of a new study which suggests that the prudent and hardworking types live longer than those who take things easily.
The University of California research, which is based on an old study that followed 1,528 brilliant students from the early 1920s until their death, found that conscientious and prudent people live a few years longer than carefree, happy-go-lucky sorts.
It also found that marriage lengthens life for men, but makes little difference for women, while social ties are longevity boosters for both genders.
Hard workers who advanced in their careers and took on more responsibility were also more likely to live long, healthy lives, found the study.
“If you want to improve your health, you shouldn’t just go on a joyride, but get involved in meaningful, productive kinds of things,” study author Howard Friedman, a psychologist at the University of California, Riverside, told Live Science.
The children recruited for the study were identified by their teachers as the brightest students in their classes during the 1920s.
The study, which was carried out by standard professor Lewis Terman, meant to find out whether intelligence led to later success in life.
“There was a perception at the time that really intelligent children would grow up to be nerds and weird and maybe it was not such a good thing to be smart,” Friedman said.
So the researchers measured the kid’s responsibilities traits, recorded biographical and demographic information, and watched them throughout their lives.
For the record, the kids did show a lot of variation in how successful they were as adults.
Future careers ranged from foreign reporter to atomic physicist and from trucker to secretary, Friedman said. Terman died in 1956. More than three decades later, Friedman and his team picked up the research and turned it into a healthy study.
They combed through the data and collected new information on the participants, including dealth certificates from around the country.
“We know not only how long they lived but exactly what they died of,” Friedman said.
The big surprise of the study was that personality and character early on can predict health and longevity across decades, the scientist said. The study also found that dependable and prudent children on average avoided risks and eventually entered into stable relationships – a major boost for health, happiness and longevity.
“Socioeconomic status is important, but what we found is it’s probably the persistence and the dependability and the good socialites that really promote your health,” Freidman said
The researchers also found that marriage and divorce had little effect on women’s life spans, but singlehood was not kind to men.
Men who got and stayed married were likely to live beyond age 70, but less than one-third of divorced men made it to that age.
Men who never married outlived those who divorced, but not those who stayed married, the researchers found.
How Protein breaks apart cancer cells
Melbourne: Scientists claim to have found how a protein works to break cells apart and in turn increases the spreading of cancer cells in the body, a finding which may pave the way for an effective treatment against the disease, reports PTI.
A team at the University has found the method in which the HGF protein that “glue” cells together to form healthy tissues can come unstuck. The HGF protein is often spotted in cancer.
“We examined a protein called HGF that is often found in cancer. HGF regulates cell growth, shape and movement and aids cancer cells in migrating to other tissues and spreading through the body. “Scientists have long known that HGF disrupts the junctions where cells join together, but the exact mechanism of how this occurs hasn’t been understood until now,” Sabine Mangold, who held the team, said. The team made by the discovery by examining the molecular machinery that binds cells. One key component is a protein called E-cadherin, which forms the adhesive to hold cells together.
Washington: Are you a carefree and cheerful kind of person? If yes, please take note of a new study which suggests that the prudent and hardworking types live longer than those who take things easily.
The University of California research, which is based on an old study that followed 1,528 brilliant students from the early 1920s until their death, found that conscientious and prudent people live a few years longer than carefree, happy-go-lucky sorts.
It also found that marriage lengthens life for men, but makes little difference for women, while social ties are longevity boosters for both genders.
Hard workers who advanced in their careers and took on more responsibility were also more likely to live long, healthy lives, found the study.
“If you want to improve your health, you shouldn’t just go on a joyride, but get involved in meaningful, productive kinds of things,” study author Howard Friedman, a psychologist at the University of California, Riverside, told Live Science.
The children recruited for the study were identified by their teachers as the brightest students in their classes during the 1920s.
The study, which was carried out by standard professor Lewis Terman, meant to find out whether intelligence led to later success in life.
“There was a perception at the time that really intelligent children would grow up to be nerds and weird and maybe it was not such a good thing to be smart,” Friedman said.
So the researchers measured the kid’s responsibilities traits, recorded biographical and demographic information, and watched them throughout their lives.
For the record, the kids did show a lot of variation in how successful they were as adults.
Future careers ranged from foreign reporter to atomic physicist and from trucker to secretary, Friedman said. Terman died in 1956. More than three decades later, Friedman and his team picked up the research and turned it into a healthy study.
They combed through the data and collected new information on the participants, including dealth certificates from around the country.
“We know not only how long they lived but exactly what they died of,” Friedman said.
The big surprise of the study was that personality and character early on can predict health and longevity across decades, the scientist said. The study also found that dependable and prudent children on average avoided risks and eventually entered into stable relationships – a major boost for health, happiness and longevity.
“Socioeconomic status is important, but what we found is it’s probably the persistence and the dependability and the good socialites that really promote your health,” Freidman said
The researchers also found that marriage and divorce had little effect on women’s life spans, but singlehood was not kind to men.
Men who got and stayed married were likely to live beyond age 70, but less than one-third of divorced men made it to that age.
Men who never married outlived those who divorced, but not those who stayed married, the researchers found.
How Protein breaks apart cancer cells
Melbourne: Scientists claim to have found how a protein works to break cells apart and in turn increases the spreading of cancer cells in the body, a finding which may pave the way for an effective treatment against the disease, reports PTI.
A team at the University has found the method in which the HGF protein that “glue” cells together to form healthy tissues can come unstuck. The HGF protein is often spotted in cancer.
“We examined a protein called HGF that is often found in cancer. HGF regulates cell growth, shape and movement and aids cancer cells in migrating to other tissues and spreading through the body. “Scientists have long known that HGF disrupts the junctions where cells join together, but the exact mechanism of how this occurs hasn’t been understood until now,” Sabine Mangold, who held the team, said. The team made by the discovery by examining the molecular machinery that binds cells. One key component is a protein called E-cadherin, which forms the adhesive to hold cells together.
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