Thursday, January 04, 2007

Education and Health

The link between more education and better health is old news in social epidemiology. The reasons why this association is so consistently found are still unknown. But it appears that the main criticism of this link, that education simply serves as a proxy for wealth or income, is losing ground. A recent article in the Times succinctly summarized the mountain of research addressing this mystery. This is welcomed news for me, since I seem to have taken the “scenic route” on my trip through higher education. In the end, with the amount of years of education I will have clocked, I better live to be 100. But will my astronomically high cholesterol prove to be the monkey wrench in the works? Time will only tell. But I’m happy to report that I have been religiously taking my Lipitor everyday.

Posted by RiOtPoOf on 01/04 at 08:47 AM
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