Can Loneliness Kill You? 

We all feel lonely sometimes, but are the effects serious?
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References/Further Reading:
research.vu.nl... Genetic and Environmental Contributions to Loneliness in Adults: The Netherlands Twin Register Study
www.sciencedir... Loneliness, health, and mortality in old age: A national longitudinal study
heart.bmj.com/c... Loneliness and social isolation as risk factors for coronary heart disease and stroke: systematic review and meta-analysis of longitudinal observational studies
journals.plos.o... Social Relationships and Mortality Risk: A Meta-analytic Review
www.psychologi... Being Ignored Hurts, Even by a Stranger
keelyamuscatel... Yearning for connection? Loneliness is associated with increased ventral striatum activity to close others
genomebiology.... Social regulation of gene expression in human leukocytes
www.theglobean... Why is loneliness so toxic? Scientists are exploring what it does to the human body
www.apa.org/pub... Loneliness Predicts Self-Reported Cold Symptoms After a Viral Challenge
www.sciencedai... How stress influences disease: Study reveals inflammation as the culprit
www.ncbi.nlm.n... Loneliness and Cortisol: Momentary, Day-to-day, and Trait Associations
www.mentalheal... The Lonely Society
guilfordjourna... Loneliness in Relation to Suicide Ideation and Parasuicide: A Population-Wide Study
www.newyorker.... Suicide, a Crime of Loneliness
assets.aarp.or... Lonliness among Older Adults
jnnp.bmj.com/co... Feelings of loneliness, but not social isolation, predict dementia onset: results from the Amsterdam Study of the Elderly (AMSTEL)
www.theguardia... Loneliness linked to major life setbacks for millennials, study say