h"p://www.newrepublic.com/ar3cle/113176/science-­‐loneliness-­‐how-­‐isola3on-­‐can-­‐kill-­‐you  

“Emo%onal  isola%on  is  ranked  as  high  a  risk  factor  for  mortality  as  smoking.”    

NIH Biomedical Research Allocations

$3,401  

$2,818  

$47  0  

500  

1,000  

1,500  

2,000  

2,500  

3,000  

3,500  

4,000  

Breast  Cancer   HIV/AIDS   Parkinson’s   Prostate  Cancer  

Alzheimer’s   Diabetes  

$  per  pa-ent  

h"p://www.fairfounda3on.org/factslinks.htm  

72x  less  than  breast  cancer  60x  less  than  HIV/AIDS!  

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