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Welcome to Dr. Rousha Radio.

This is Dr. Roush, today I'm here with Mika Tomir, and we are going to be, or we will be

discussing a very broad topic, but the topic of relationships and how those can impact your health.

And the kind of string that I pulled on, I initially saw, and I apologize, I don't know who put this post out there, but something along the lines of if you want to live longer,

healthy social relationships may be the key.

And we did some research, and Mika's name came up as someone who's published in this area,

and we extended the invitation for her to come on.

She graciously accepted, and here she is.

So, Mika, welcome.

Welcome. Thanks.

So can you tell people a little bit about your background and research before we jump in?

Yeah. So I, before I went to graduate school, was working in nursing homes. And when working in

nursing homes, I became just really interested in the type of person who was there and how they ended up there and what their family life was like.

And you'd have these situations where there'd be this woman who would talk about, you know, all these children that she had and you'd never see any of them visit, right?

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