Want to Live Longer and Healthier? Tap into the Healing Power of Community
Amanda Dinsmore, Kendra Morrison, Laura Cazier
Kansas City University
Published: 13 December 2022
A study presented at EuroHeartCare 2018 showed that loneliness was associated with poor outcomes in all patients. (European Society of Cardiology. June 9, 2018; https://bit.ly/3ejGjDq.) This was regardless of the type of heart disease, even after adjusting for age, level of education, comorbidities, BMI, smoking, and alcohol intake. Loneliness doubled mortality risk for women and nearly doubled it for men. Read more