The researchers found that higher scores on a measure of chronic loneliness were associated with an increase in warmer baths or showers.

研究者发现较高分的慢性寂寞和温度较高的洗浴有关。

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That is, a call-in line can help reduce feelings of loneliness temporarily, but is not likely to reduce levels of chronic loneliness.

也就是说，电话专线能帮人暂时缓解孤独的感觉，却不太可能降低长期的孤独感。

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They are unhappy and unable to socialize and there is a connection between chronic loneliness and serious illnesses such as heart disease.

他们不开心，失去了社交能力，而且长期的孤独和诸如心脏病这样的严重疾病是息息相关的。

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Before civilisation intervened, such chronic loneliness would have been so rare (because isolated individuals are so vulnerable to predation) that evolution would have ignored it.

ECONOMIST: The reason loneliness could be bad for your health

Where it goes wrong is when loneliness becomes chronic, and the inflammatory response becomes chronic at the same time.

ECONOMIST: The reason loneliness could be bad for your health