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And now for something a little bit lighter and different.
It’s easy to think that in the quest to keep improving your health,
That it’s all supplements and weird diets; that there’s always a new pill to swallow.
But in a western world experiencing a Loneliness Epidemic,
It’s even easier to overlook The Human Element.
And if a German team is right, hugging your Mom is for more than just Mothers’ Day…
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With all the things we have to worry about, there are many that can just fall through the cracks.
For entrepreneurs, the two main things they neglect are their social lives and their health.
And regular people might have their own share of things that get overlooked and end up in the category of “Stealth Health”.
Just like the previous group, one of those omissions can be the social element.
Now if you haven’t read How To Live To 100 yet, this might seem a bit out of left field.
But some new work by The University of Michigan suggests it’s not…
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Loneliness By Age, Risks Increase Across Lifespan:
Many people feel lonely in their day-to-day lives.
That feeling seems particularly keen around the holiday time of year, when everyone’s supposed to be happy, joyous, perfect, and above-all, Together.
Any deficit in those areas can make a person feel terribly-isolated.
It turns-out Science has found this peak-feeling may be even more difficult for people of 3 particular age-groups…
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Can Extreme-Loneliness Hurt Your Health?:
Thanks to sites like Farcebook and Twitter, we may be more connected than ever.
But in what’s called “The Social Media Paradox”, Loneliness has actually doubled since the 1980’s
Adding up to almost half of adults saying they’re lonely.
So should you be worried if you’re part of that group?
And as one interesting thread on Quora asks: If taken too far, Can Loneliness end up killing you?…
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Loneliness, Sleep, And That Weird LCD Light:
So when a simple, understandable problem happens, Science is pretty quick to step-in and fix it.
But when people start experiencing stranger things, the process gets more complex.
And something along those lines is happening with an epidemic of psychological symptoms centered around Loneliness.
But a few studies by Universities at Berkeley, Toledo, and San Diego State might just put the steps of that puzzle together…
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As if Loneliness weren’t bad enough, according to CMU grad student Sarah Pressman,
-It turns out it could affect your immune system negatively.
It is disturbing that this study neglected to count the number of inverted keg-stands or fraternity indoctrination rituals in the lives of the subjects.
If those don’t kill your defenses in a week, nothing will…
