July 10 (UPI) --Loneliness dramatically increases a person's risk of depression and poor health, a new study says. Half of folks who say they always feel lonely (50%) have clinical depression, ...

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Loneliness is correlated with higher rates of depression and more poor mental and physical health days per month found a new study published in PLOS One. Loneliness is defined as the subjective ...

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Half of those who say they always feel lonely (50%) have clinical depression, compared with just 10% of those who report never feeling lonely, researchers reported Wednesday in the journal PLOS One.