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05/06/2018 / By Jessica Dolores

Loneliness and social isolation may be a greater public health hazard than obesity, researchers say

Men are social beings, so they suffer a lot when they’re shut off from human contact. A new study revealed more serious consequences. It showed that loneliness can cause premature death. Julianne Holt-Lunstad, Ph.D., professor of psychology at Brigham Young University brought this problem into sharper focus by presenting data from two meta-analyses. The first […]

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