The Heart is a Lonely Hunter

That is the title of a 1940 novel by Mccullers. Alan Arkin plays the lead character in the movie. I hope you don’t play the same role in your private life. Remember that it is better to get along than to be right to maintain a relationship. And above all, be quick to forgive and ask for forgiveness.

Loneliness has been noted to be a very serious and ubiquitous health problem in our materialistic, individualistic society. I

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Loneliness in older adults may be tied to increased risk of dementia

MedPage Today (2/9, George) reports, “Dementia incidence tripled in lonely older adults who otherwise would be expected to have relatively low risk based on age and genes,” investigators concluded in a study that “assessed 2,308 participants who were dementia-free at baseline with an average age of 73.” The study revealed that “lonely older people under age 80 without an APOE4 allele had a threefold greater risk of dementia…over 10 years than similar people who weren’t lonely.” What’s more, “regardless of age or APOE4 status, lonely older adults had a higher 10-year dementia risk compared with those who weren’t lonely.” The findings were published online in the journal Neurology.

 

Hugo Rodier, MD
Hugo Rodier, MD is an integrative physician based in Draper, Utah who specializes in healing chronic disease at the cellular level by blending proper nutrition, lifestyle changes, & allopathic practices when necessary.