More On Health and Societal Connected-ness

This article on how living alone raises the risk of heart attack references a couple other articles I linked to a while back drawing parallels between emotions and health, particularly our heart's health.

This one isn't based on emotions so much as what particular things lead someone living alone to have worse health; things such as being more likely to take up smoking or having less reason for frequent doctor visits. Seen alongside the mention that people with less money and education are also more at risk, this suggests both the underlying emotions and not knowing how to take proper care of oneself affect health later on. I'm sure this is a major revelation to absolutely no one; I mention it because of those earlier articles that caught my attention and my drawn-out assertion that there is something wrong with a society where so few people feel connected.