Social isolation and loneliness are widespread problems in the U.S., posing a serious threat to our mental and physical health, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Last year, ...

Interventions to help with loneliness and social isolation may put people with obesity at a lower risk for health complications, according to a new study published January 22 in JAMA Network Open.

Loneliness and social isolation are linked to a heightened risk of death from cancer as well as from all causes among those ...

Loneliness/social isolation isn’t just a transient emotion or situation, it’s turned into a global crisis with serious public health consequences. In 2023, then–US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, MD, ...

In a recent study published in JAMA Network Open, researchers examine the associations of social isolation and loneliness with the risk of mortality in individuals with obesity versus normal-weight ...

During the height of the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, residents at Card Home for the Aged in Willimantic often gathered in the dining room to sing their favorite songs from the 1960s, like “Brown Eyed Girl ...

Two meaningful distinctions First, social isolation is not necessarily a precursor of loneliness. For instance, note that solitude in and of itself does not imply loneliness (Motta, 2021). Others can ...

Disclaimer: Arielle Galinsky is a contributing writer at The Tufts Daily. Arielle was not involved in the writing or editing of this article. As COVID-19 swept through nursing homes across the United ...

Tempus Fugit a Sign on the former Dyson's jewellers, Briggate, Leeds Source: Tim Green from Bradford, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Several years ago, during a discussion about possible studies ...