Professor Dr Cassandra Szoeke discusses ways to combat loneliness especially at this time of year. Dr Szoeke is the principal investigator of the Women’s Healthy Ageing Project, the longest ongoing study of women’s health in Australia, with loneliness being a key concern for women and men. 

 

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