Get healthy — go to church.

A Wall Street Journal article last week (May 3) reported on the results of a study that, "a growing body of scientific evidence shows that Americans who attend religious services at least once a week enjoy better-than-average health and lower rates of illness, including depression. Perhaps most important, the studies show that weekly attendance confers a significant reduction in mortality risk over a given period of time."

According to the Journal, "The panel reported that the studies showed a 25% lower mortality rate for those who attend religious services at least weekly. . . Religious services at churches, temples and mosques boast various features that can be beneficial to health — meditation, a social network, a set of values that discourage smoking, infidelity and other unhealthy behaviors."

As the medical professor who chaired the panel concluded, "After seeing the data, I think I should go to church."

Hey, that's what we've been saying all along.