Loneliness is a serious illness and causes premature death

Modern medicine is helping people live longer and healthier, but new research shows that a new monster is increasingly present in people's lives and that monster is loneliness.

Scientists warn that “thepidemia of loneliness” affects the development of many health problems.

The results of the study by the American Psychological Association show that people who have multiple social contacts are 50 percent less threatened by sudden death than that of the telephone.

Loneliness causes cancer and damages heart health

A met-analysis conducted with 148 students from the United States, Europe and Australia has shown that social isolation, loneliness and a person's decision to live alone greatly increases the risks of dying prematurely.

Data collected by hundreds of previous studies with millions of people has shown that there is strong evidence of the importance of contacts with friends for a person's physical health.

Lone people are more inclined to smoke, be obese, and exercise less.

You don't have to live alone to feel lonely

A person should not be physically alone to feel alone. 43 percent of people show that elders are lonely despite only 18 percent of them living in loneliness.