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Getting just under 4,000 steps each day may be enough to lower a person’s risk of early death, researchers say—far less than the 10,000 steps many believe to be the optimal amount for health.The news comes from a new meta-analysis, published Wednesday in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology. It's the world's largest study to date showing the importance of daily step counts. But researchers found that as few as 3,967 steps daily were enough to start reducing the risk of early death from all causes. That number dropped to just 2,337 daily steps to begin lowering the risk of death from cardiovascular disease. It doesn't stop there—with every extra 500 to 1,000 steps a day, the research showed that people can continue to reduce their risk of dying from cardiovascular disease or any cause, respectively. And scientists noted that they have yet to identify an upper...