Living among trees, plants and flowers can fill your life with beauty. And if you are a woman, it can also help you live longer. Researchers found that women who live in homes surrounded by plants appear to have lower death rates than women who live in areas with less greenery. Researchers at Harvard University’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health reported the finding. Peter James is a research associate in the school’s Department of Epidemiology. An epidemiologist is an expert in how disease spreads and how it can be controlled. James and his team looked at information from one of the largest and oldest investigations of women’s health: the Nurse’s Health Study. The Nurse’s Health Study began 40 years ago and expanded in 1989. It now has information on nearly 200,000 women. For the new study, the Harvard team looked at the mortality rates of more than 100,000 women between the years 2000 and 2008. Then the researchers compared the mortality rates of these women to the greenery around their homes.
Title: Study: Plants May Help Women Live Longer
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Chan School of Public Health reported the finding.</span> <span data-start-time='35563' data-end-time='42063'>Peter James is a research associate in the school’s Department of Epidemiology. </span> <span data-start-time='42063' data-end-time='50167'>An epidemiologist is an expert in how disease spreads and how it can be controlled.</span> <span data-start-time='50167' data-end-time='61063'>James and his team looked at information from one of the largest and oldest investigations of women’s health: the Nurse’s Health Study. </span> <span data-start-time='61063' data-end-time='67896'>The Nurse’s Health Study began 40 years ago and expanded in 1989. </span> <span data-start-time='67896' data-end-time='73292'>It now has information on nearly 200,000 women.</span> <span data-start-time='73292' data-end-time='85917'>For the new study, the Harvard team looked at the mortality rates of more than 100,000 women between the years 2000 and 2008.</span> <span data-start-time='85917' data-end-time='94104'>Then the researchers compared the mortality rates of these women to the greenery around their homes.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1033/flowers_img.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=6097 data-hint-location='35563' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1033/what_does_epidemiology_mean.m4a'>What does epidemiology mean?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='the study of how disease spreads'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1033/to_argue.m4a'><span>to argue</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1033/plants_in_general.m4a'><span>plants in general</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1033/a_particular_time.m4a'><span>a particular time</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1033/the_study_of_how_disease_spreads.m4a'><span>the study of how disease spreads</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=6098 data-hint-location='7000' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1033/what_can_help_women_live_longer.m4a'>What can help women live longer?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='flowers'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1033/smoking.m4a'><span>smoking</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1033/sugar.m4a'><span>sugar</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1033/flowers.m4a'><span>flowers</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1033/reading.m4a'><span>reading</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=6099 data-hint-location='13229' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1033/women_who_live_in_homes_surrounded_by_plants_tend_to_have_lower__blank__rate.m4a'>Women who live in homes surrounded by plants tend to have lower <span class='blank'>death</span> rate.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='death'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1033/happiness.m4a'><span>happiness</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1033/death.m4a'><span>death</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1033/accident.m4a'><span>accident</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1033/pregnancy.m4a'><span>pregnancy</span></div></div></div><div class='question-buttons'><button class='skip-button'></button><button class='hint-button'></button><button class='speak-button'></button></div></div></div>
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