Social Prescription – A Sip and Scholar Lecture Night

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📅 Date: December 3, 2025⏰ Time: 6:00 PM📍 Location: Spadina and College (exact address given in confirmation email/ticket)🎙️ Lecture "Social Prescription: The Science Behind How Relationships Shape Our Health." 👨‍🏫 Speaker: Dr. Prerana Rudrapatna

Social Prescription: The Science Behind How Relationships Shape Our Health.

We talk a lot about diet, exercise, and sleep — but what if the most powerful factor in your health isn’t any of those?

Emerging research published in PLOS Medicine shows that connection — real, human connection — can reduce inflammation, strengthen immunity, and even extend lifespan. Loneliness, on the other hand, can be as harmful as smoking 15 cigarettes a day.

In this lecture, Dr. Prerana Rudrapatna, a leading voice in digital health and integrative medicine, explores the science of social prescription — a movement reimagining how we define and treat well-being. From friendship and laughter to community and belonging, she reveals how relationships quite literally reshape our biology.

Because sometimes the best medicine isn’t found in a bottle — it’s found in the people around you.

Themes: social connection · health science · psychology · community · well-being · relationships

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