I find this incredibly hard to believe (or accept), but Dr Aric Sigman claims that a lack of physical social contact actually causes longterm health problems, in this article in the Institute of Biology Journal. Im hoping you can all critique this honestly. Heck I would even love to see a biased and reactionary rebuttal from someone, as its quite depressing stuff to read however true it may be...But on the other hand it points to lifestyle solutions that could help us all live longer, if we are prepared to change some psychological aspects of ourselves. What is your opinion of this? Are the studies referenced in Dr Sigmans article simply coincidence? Are they flawed studies somehow?
See here http://www.iob.org/news.asp?section=news/2009&article=sigman_article.xml (PDF reader required)
or here for a non PDF overview.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC0902/S00045.htm
See here http://www.iob.org/news.asp?section=news/2009&article=sigman_article.xml (PDF reader required)
or here for a non PDF overview.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC0902/S00045.htm