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Study Says Friends Extend Lives. Do Virtual Ones, Too?
By Dave Thier - AOL News(July 28) -- Looking to live longer? You may be better off going out for a few drinks with friends than staying at home alone. According to a new analysis of 148 studies from around the world, loneliness can be even more harmful to your health than smoking or obesity. The data show that people with high levels of social interaction were 50 percent more likely to be alive by the time of the study follow-up (usually about 7.5 years). That means the mortality risk for their less social peers is roughly equivalent to smoking about 15 cigarettes a day, or being an alcoholic, researchers say. ...
Spread It Around -- Loneliness May Be Contagious
By Ria Misra - Politics Daily"Wouldn't it be fine bein' lonely together?" -- Barry Manilow It's not often that science comes in to justify the truth of old Barry Manilow songs, but a new joint study from the University of Chicago, Harvard and the University of California-San Diego suggests that we really do get lonelier together. The study, published in the December issue of the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, reports that loneliness is contagious not only to friends, but to friends of friends. While people's friends and acquaintances were susceptible to feeling increased loneliness, though, family members ...
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