Surgeon General Urges Action on Loneliness Epidemic
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US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy has released an advisory on loneliness and isolation, urging people and public officials to treat the matter with the same urgency as other serious conditions such as obesity or drug abuse. Loneliness is linked to increased heart attacks, depression, diabetes, crime and premature death in the US, and it continues to surge, affecting approximately half of the people living in the country. The pandemic has brought the disruption of social cohesion to the forefront, but the issue had been ticking up since the 1970s for a myriad of reasons, including changes in social norms, built environments and technology.
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