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Green Spaces Make You Healthier

People who live near vegetation suffer fewer diseases

By Nick McMaster,  Newser Staff

Posted Oct 15, 2009 6:25 PM CDT

(Newser) – People who live close to parks or other “green spaces” are likely to be healthier, a new study suggests. Dutch researchers scoured the health records of 345,000 people, comparing their health status to the amount of green space in the surrounding area, from...   Read full story »

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