Loneliness linked to ill health through effect on protein levels, research suggests via The Guardian

Loneliness has long been associated with ill health but researchers say they have fresh insights into the link between the two.

While poor health can result in people becoming isolated and lonely, studies have also suggested loneliness can itself lead to poorer health.

Now researchers say they have unpicked a mechanism for the latter relationship, finding loneliness can affect the levels of a handful of proteins associated with various diseases and even death.

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