Genetic risk associated with neuroticism and depressive symptoms
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–October 13, 2016. Loneliness is linked to poor physical and mental health and is a greater predictor of early death than obesity.
Because of such risks, researchers sought to determine whether loneliness was a lifelong trait, not a temporary state. In conducting the first genome-wide association study of loneliness, Prof. John Cacioppoand his colleagues confirmed previous studies showing that the risk for feeling lonely is partially due…
