LONELINESS... 'causes heart disease'

There is nothing new under the sun...

BEING the life and soul of the party could be good for the heart, according to a study linking loneliness with furred-up arteries.

Researchers found that men who were socially isolated had raised levels of a blood chemical linked to heart disease.

The cell signalling protein, interleukin-6 (LL-6), is known to promote the inflammation that helps artery walls to thicken and harden. This in turn can lead to heart attacks and strokes.

US scientists studied 3267 men in the Framingham Heart Study. Men who socially networked had significantly less LL-6 than socially isolated men.

God understood it a long time ago...
He said this because Jesus had already told the evil spirit to go out of him. The man had often been attacked by the demon. And even though he had been bound with chains and leg irons and kept under guard, he smashed whatever bound him. Then the demon would force him out into lonely places.
-- Luke 8:29. CEV