Get Up And Do Something: Feeling lonely can compromise your immune system

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Feeling lonely can compromise your immune system Feb 7th 2013, 11:22 Frigid winter weather may keep you huddled indoors all weekend, but here's a reason to venture out and be social: Loneliness wrecks your immune system, according to a study from The Ohio State University. Researchers performed two studies to assess how feeling lonely--as opposed to actually having very few friends--squashed your health. In one, the loneliest people had the highest amounts of antibodies for two cold-like viruses that live on harmlessly in your body after you get well--a sign of a weakened immune system. In the second study, the researchers found that when 134 people were faced with sudden stress (by having only 10 minutes to prepare to give a 5-minute speech), the loneliest ones experienced a much bigger spike in markers of inflammation as a result of the stress than people who felt less alone.

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