Posts Tagged ‘Framingham Heart Study’
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Because loneliness is associated with a variety of mental and physical diseases that can shorten life, lead researcher John Cacioppo says it is important for people to recognize loneliness and help those people connect with their social group before the lonely individuals move to the edges.
U. CHICAGO (US)—Loneliness, like a bad cold, can spread among groups of people, new research shows. Continue…
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Nature selects for shorter, stouter women
YALE (US)—Researchers have detected the effects of natural selection among two generations of contemporary women and predict their descendants will be slightly shorter and chubbier, have lower cholesterol and blood pressure, and have their first children earlier in life. (more…)
