Taking into account that more than 50% of people over 75 live alone, the study was alarming. Says the expert Nicole Valtorta from the University of York: "the health System recognizes the risk of heart disease, which may fight. These include, for example, obesity and physical inactivity. But the social isolation, no one says.

Meanwhile, the power of loneliness can easily be compared with Smoking and being overweight. Experts urge doctors and officials to revise the Directive concerning the methods of prevention of diseases of the cardiovascular system. They talk about this "epidemic of loneliness" in today's society.