Runners Live Longer, Study Finds

Runners live longer and with less disability, a study spanning 20 years has found. The study included 284 runners and 156 non-runners over age 50. When the study started, the runners ran an average of 4 hours a week. By the end, they ran 76 minutes a week. In those 19 years, 1 out of 3 non-runners died. Only 1 out of 7 runners died. Runners also avoided problems with daily activities, such as dressing, for about 16 years longer than non-runners. HealthDay News wrote about the study August 11. It appeared in the Archives of Internal Medicine.