Warming houses linked to better health

(Reuters) – That toasty warm building in winter may not just be psychologically comforting. According to a UK study, improving buildings to enhance “thermal comfort” – with central heating or insulation, for instance – pays off in both physical and mental wellbeing. “I think the main message is that housing improvement can improve health, especially if it’s warmth and energy improvement targeting people with respiratory illnesses,” said Hilary Thomson, the study’s lead author from the Medical Research Council in Glasgow, UK. …