Ep. 42 - The Loneliness Epidemic: How Social Disconnection Impacts Your Heart, Brain, and Longevity

Loneliness is more than an emotion — it's an emerging public health crisis with effects on physical, mental, and cognitive health. In this episode, Dr. Caitlin Prickett and Jeffery Runyon explore how chronic loneliness reshapes the body and brain, why it's being called "the new smoking," and practical ways to build meaningful connection in the digital age.