Episode 06 - Isolation

This weeks episode is about the effects of isolation and loneliness.

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For everything mentioned in the episode:

• https://www.apa.org/monitor/2019/05/ce-corner-isolation#:~:text=Hawkley%20points%20to%20evidence%20linking,at%20every%20stage%20of%20life.
• https://www.bmj.com/content/369/bmj.m1904
• https://www.cdc.gov/aging/publications/features/lonely-older-adults.html#:~:text=Recent%20studies%20found%20that%3A,percent%20increased%20risk%20of%20dementia.
• https://theconversation.com/the-loneliness-of-social-isolation-can-affect-your-brain-and-raise-dementia-risk-in-older-adults-141752#:~:text=It%20is%20thought%20that%20loneliness,increased%20blood%20pressure%20and%20inflammation.&text=Loneliness%20has%20also%20been%20found,by%20as%20much%20as%2020%25.
• https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1568163718302472?via%3Dihub
• https://www.health.harvard.edu/mind-and-mood/loneliness-and-isolation-raise-risk-for-stroke-and-heart-disease-study-suggests
• https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2527715/

About Mauro Morandi:

• https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/destinations/europe/italy/photos-of-life-alone-on-a-paradise-island/#:~:text=Mauro%20Morandi%20found%20serenity%20in,self%2Disolation%20became%20the%20norm.&text=Mauro%20Morandi%20has%20lived%20alone,the%20summer%20silence%20of%20sunset.%E2%80%9D

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