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Loneliness linked to fewer mental disease-free years

A healthy lifestyle was associated with a smaller loss of disease-free life expectancy related to social isolation, but the same pattern did not hold for loneliness. 

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  • Andrea Surnit

  • October 5, 2026

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Loneliness linked to fewer mental disease-free years

  • by Andrea Surnit

  • October 5, 2026

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