Earlier studies associated TV viewing and obesity, which is linked to higher blood pressure.
Long-term exposure to particles is linked to higher levels of fatal heart and lung disease, including lung cancer.
The research quoted was grim: addiction to internet pornography is linked to higher rates of sexual offences, listeners were told.
Eliason's grim tale shows what surveys have already told us: the availability of guns is linked to higher rates of both suicide and homicide.
Blighted properties can attract garbage, crime and public safety hazards, she said, adding that studies have found that living near foreclosures is linked to higher blood pressure.
The study shows that disproportionate coverage of fraud is linked to higher levels of stigma, with the readers of "stigmatising newspapers", such as the Sun, believing there were "higher levels of deception within the welfare system".
Research also demonstrates the link between staff satisfaction and mortality rates, that higher staff satisfaction is linked to higher patient satisfaction, and that staff experience shapes patients' experience, rather than the other way around.
As greater endorphin activity in the brain is linked to higher pain tolerance, each participant was asked to squat with their back against a wall and their knees at right-angles to their body - a simple but uncomfortable exercise.
Testing for black carbon is a common way to determine levels of diesel exhaust, which is linked to higher risks of cancer, heart disease and lung disease and is also known to worsen allergies and asthma.
Property developers are taking note, too: just as houses near metro stations tend to command higher prices, research now suggests that access to cycle paths and proximity to docking points is linked to higher rents.
The new paper, published in the prestigious US journal Jama Internal Medicine, says eating trans-fats and saturated fats, including those from red meat and butter, is linked to higher mortality rates compared with the same number of calories from carbohydrates.
