Loneliness is not merely an emotional state; it acts as a physiological stressor that increases risks for heart disease and ...

With how connected smart devices have us, loneliness isn't something that comes to the front of our minds. However, a recent study published by the American Medical Association found that 29.2% of ...

That finding suggests that the “quantified self” portrayed by endless amounts of health data doesn’t tell the whole story, says study co-author Nitesh Chawla, a professor of computer science and ...

Independence Blue Cross (IBX) announced the launch of “Better Together,” a public awareness campaign to highlight the health impacts of loneliness and empower people to build stronger, more meaningful ...

Drawing on insights from more than 60 organizations, the report establishes a baseline for understanding and strengthening ...

Background Sarcopenia is a major age-related health condition that remains inadequately recognised as a public health concern ...

Middle-age and older adults with long-term loneliness are at higher risk of stroke than those who do not report being lonely, according to a new study published in the journal eClinicalMedicine on ...

Loneliness is an unappreciated and often unrecognized epidemic. When we struggle with feelings of being overburdened and overwhelmed, we probably wouldn’t characterize them as loneliness. After all, ...

Chronic loneliness is not only harmful to mental health but also to physical health. It has some other surprising consequences. We all need time alone, those moments to recharge, whether a few hours a ...

Up to 94% of U.S. adultsadults experience at least some dulling of their senses with age, finding themselves squinting at screens, craving stronger flavors, and missing snatches of conversations more ...

Therapy dogs eased the loneliness and isolation of patients in a hospital for psychiatric care, helping their treatment, researchers recently reported in the journal Frontiers in Psychiatry.

A spritz of the so-called “love hormone” might be the key to easing persistent feelings of loneliness. In a 2014 study, a team of European and Israeli researchers tested whether oxytocin, the hormone ...