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Stories about: lonely

Loneliness Is Contagious, Study Proves A new study, made possible by means of a grant from the National Institute on Aging, comes to show that loneliness, just like a common cold or other infection, can be contagious. This means that people who suffer from it tend to spread it to others who, in turn, are pushed to the periphery of the social network where... 1 December 2009 14:31 GMT Why Does Loneliness Induce Cancer, Dementia, Infection and Heart Disease? People are said to be 'social monkeys' and loneliness inflicts severe effects on them. Far beyond what we've imagined, a new research shows that loneliness changes the expression of certain genes, so that chronically lonely people have less effective immune systems and are more exposed to infections. T... 8 October 2007 08:38 GMT Loneliness Shortens Your Life The bachelor status could make you proud, but will make your life shorter. A team of psychologists at University of Chicago tracked down social loneliness and its physical effects, connected with aging, right down to the cell level. The scientists found that even if loneliness could be mild and unnoticeable in early ... 20 August 2007 05:51 GMT