Ask the Expert: Could being a homebody be dangerous to your health?

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As Heart Month continues, we focus on a public health habits and risk to cardiovascular disease.

There are some science and health truths that we know to be factual i.e. smoking and consuming alcohol can damage your health.

But could being a homebody, someone who doesn't care to be around other people, be just as dangerous to your overall health?

On Ask the Expert, Cooper Clinic Cardiologist Dr. Nina Radford joined the KRLD Afternoon News to share why lacking social connection is as dangerous as smoking up to 15 cigarettes a day.

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