Attending Cultural Activities Every Few Months May Reduce Risk For Depression In Older People, Researchers Say

HealthDay (12/26, Mozes) reports research indicates that “older folks can cut their depression risk by 32 percent simply by going to cultural activities every few months.” According to HealthDay, the “results are based on a decade-long tracking analysis that stacked cultural engagement – plays, movies, concerts and museum exhibits – against depression risk among approximately 2,000 men and women over the age of 50,” all of whom were “participants in the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA).”Related Links:

— “Head to the Movies, Museums to Keep Depression at Bay, “Alan Mozes, HealthDay, December 26, 2018.