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Why doctors want to know if you're lonely

Jun 26, 202412 min
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Episode description

Are you lonely? Be honest. 

More and more doctors want to know… because it’s affecting our physical health. 

We’ll talk with a UW doc about why he’s talking with patients about social isolation.

Dr. Tong’s paper in the Annals of Family Medicine: https://www.annfammed.org/content/early/2024/02/21/afm.3102

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