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Loneliness can increase risk of heart disease by 27 percent for older women
The finding adds heart disease to a list of potential health effects of loneliness and isolation that include dementia and mental health issues.
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Evaluation of Social Isolation, Loneliness, and Cardiovascular Disease Among Older Women in the US
In this cohort study, social isolation and loneliness were independently associated with modestly higher risk of CVD among postmenopausal women in the US, and women with …
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