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Maybe Isolation, Not Loneliness, Shortens Life

via Shots: Health News from NPR   |   Audio and Podcasts

In this podcast, a team of researchers studied 6,500 men and women ages 52 and older from the U.K. All of them had answered a questionnaire back in 2004 or 2005 that assessed both their …

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Steven Johnson: Why We’re Living Longer

via NPR.org, TED Talks   |   Audio and Podcasts

From the TED Radio Hour on NPR.org: In the last century, human life expectancy has doubled. This hour, we talk with writer Steven Johnson on the many breakthroughs that made this possible — and where …

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