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Loneliness may not make you ill after all, says new study – but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t tackle it

By Louise Arseneault, Professor in Developmental Psychology at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London
Bridget Bryan, Postdoctoral Researcher at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King's College London

A new study from China suggests that loneliness may not be the cause of disease, as previous studies have suggested.

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