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US surgeon general Vivek Murthy: Loneliness is like hunger, a signal we're lacking something for survival'
Dr. Vivek Murthy is the first person to be sworn in as the surgeon general of the United States on the Bhagavad Gita, the sacred Hindu scripture.
Murthy believes that love is the foundation of good policies and needs to inform the nation's public health agenda.
Murthy considers loneliness to be an epidemic on par with tobacco use and obesity and believes that human connection is the antidote. [ more ]