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Across 13,159 Americans past fifty, a strong sense of purpose predicted lower death over the next eight years in every group studied. The work may end; the reason for rising need not.

Koichiro Shiba and colleagues, 2022 · Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Health and Retirement Study cohort

'Purpose in life and 8-year mortality by gender and race/ethnicity among older adults in the U.S.', Preventive Medicine 164, 2022

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Koichiro Shiba and colleagues: Across 13,159 Americans past fifty, a strong sense of purpose predicted lower death over the next eight years in every group studied. The work may end; the reason for rising need not.