How to Fight Loneliness
Listen 00:03:37Health researchers are getting increasingly interested in the effects of loneliness on our bodies – studies have found that being lonely can increase inflammation, or weaken the immune system.
In their weekly conversation, WHYY’s Maiken Scott and psychologist Dan Gottlieb discuss loneliness – and how we can avoid it.
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