Wow, it's as much literal as it is figurative.

Deja Q

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Wed Mar-29-06 01:08 PM
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Wow, it's as much literal as it is figurative.

http://www.medpagetoday.com/Cardiology/Hypertension/tb/2947

Loneliness Weighs Heavily on the Heart

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CHICAGO - Loneliness may be as bad for the heart as being overweight or inactive, researchers here suggested.

Middle-age and older adults reporting the greatest degree of loneliness had blood pressure levels 10 mm Hg to 30 mm/Hg higher on average than those who were least lonely, found psychologist Louise C. Hawkley, Ph.D., of the University of Chicago, and colleagues.

The magnitude of the effect of loneliness on blood pressure is comparable to the magnitude of reduction that can be achieved through weight loss and exercise, said Dr. Hawkley and Jarett D. Berry, M.D., a cardiology fellow at Northwestern, in the March issue of Psychology and Aging

Article has more.

Of course, they say something is bad one day then terrific the next...

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