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Loneliness associated with increased risk of Alzheimer's disease.

Publication: FDA Consumer
Publication Date: 01-MAR-07 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Loneliness associated with increased risk of Alzheimer's disease.(Research Notebook)

Article Excerpt
Lonely individuals may be twice as likely to develop the type of dementia linked to Alzheimer's disease in late life as those who are not lonely, according to an article in the February 2007 issue of Archives of General Psychiatry.

Social isolation--characterized by having a small social network, being unmarried, and participating in few activities with others--has been linked to an increased risk of dementia, according to background information in the article. "In contrast, little is...

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