Loneliness May Cost You Nearly 6 Healthy Years. Diet and Exercise May Not Reduce the Risk |
Loneliness May Cost You Nearly 6 Healthy Years. Diet and Exercise May Not Reduce the Risk
A study of more than 277,000 adults found that loneliness and social isolation carry different health risks, requiring potentially different solutions.
BY LUCIA AUERBACH, NEWS WRITER
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Roughly half of American adults are lonely. A new study found that their lives may be shortened because of it.
Researchers at Tulane University published a study in the........