Petrie Dish: The lonely body
from Petrie Dish Hosted by Bonnie Petrie
Loneliness doesn't just feel bad. It appears to raise the risk of heart disease, dementia, and early death. In part one of a two-part Petrie Dish series on the loneliness crisis, Bonnie Petrie talks to a researcher separating marmoset monkeys from their mates to study the body's stress response, and a psychiatrist mapping what isolation does to the human brain.
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This episode was published on July 25, 2026.
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