/newsroom/taxonomy/term/13464/all en /newsroom/soham-rej Wed, 09 Dec 2020 18:32:43 +0000 frederique.mazerolle@mcgill.ca 252633 at /newsroom /newsroom/danilo-bzdok Tue, 08 Dec 2020 21:52:44 +0000 frederique.mazerolle@mcgill.ca 252536 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/ctv-news-loneliness-can-directly-impair-immune-system-increase-risk-death-study-322840 <p>The findings, published in the journal Trends in Cognitive Sciences earlier in June, show how social isolation can negatively affect the health of the brain as well as the immune system.“Social isolation, or a lack of social opportunity, gives rise to a sense of loneliness. Directly or indirectly, this feeling has many wide-ranging consequences for our psychological well-being as well as our physical health, even our longevity,” the study states.</p> Wed, 17 Jun 2020 22:42:46 +0000 amelia.souffrant@mail.mcgill.ca 217106 at /newsroom