{"id":3041,"date":"2016-05-31T10:00:13","date_gmt":"2016-05-31T14:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=3041"},"modified":"2016-05-31T10:56:27","modified_gmt":"2016-05-31T14:56:27","slug":"having-a-purpose-will-extend-your-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=3041","title":{"rendered":"Having a Purpose Will Extend Your Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a study by Patricia Boyle, a neuropsychologist and behavioral scientist at Rush Alzheimer\u2019s Disease Center in Chicago, people who have the sense that their life is meaningful are much less likely to suffer early mortality. The purpose does not mean something complicated or lofty, just be goal oriented and gives the individual a sense of accomplishment. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/health-shots\/2016\/05\/28\/479751942\/could-thinking-positively-about-aging-be-the-secret-of-health?utm_campaign=KHN%3A+First+Edition&amp;utm_source=hs_email&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=30086598&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz---8FFCzJSrNNutBjvtt6_lH3QCtMwgbmzu8ss39ye8eWHmvogGq8ZOM4sAoV-rgoOyN93i1OljeEs67NAhKXpHwqYE1Q&amp;_hsmi=30086598\" target=\"_blank\">Read article here\u2026..<\/a><\/p>\n<pre><strong>Notice<\/strong>: The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/pre>\n<pre><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a study by Patricia Boyle, a neuropsychologist and behavioral scientist at Rush Alzheimer\u2019s Disease Center in Chicago, people who<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3041","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aging","category-health-care-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3041","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3041"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3041\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3042,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3041\/revisions\/3042"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}