1.0 link 119297 <![CDATA[True or False: Married People Healthiest, but Singles Catching Up]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bella-depaulo/true-or-false-married-peo_b_119297.html "Married adults report better health, but singles are catching up," proclaimed one of the many headlines touting the latest marital status study to make it into the media spotlight.

I'll give you my bottom line about this study first. Then I'll explain in greater detail.

BOTTOM LINE

Here's what the study really did show:

1. For people who had always been single, their health improved continuously from 1972 until the end of the study, 2003. This improvement was evident in all...

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