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The study was originally launched in the 1980s with 2,570 middle-aged men from eastern Finland participating, with their health tracked up to the present day.
Over the course of the period 649 men have developed cancer and 283 have died of the condition, with loneliness increasing the cancer risk by about 10%.
This association with the risk of cancer was observed regardless of age, socio-economic status, lifestyle, sleep quality, depression symptoms, body mass index, heart disease and their risk factors, the authors explained.
A team from the University of Eastern Finland worked with 2,570 middle-aged men, monitoring their health and mortality from the 1980s to the present day
Men s loneliness linked to an increased risk of cancer
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Loneliness increases the risk of CANCER for middle aged men
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