Keep reading to learn how social isolation accelerates cognitive decline and why increasing social contact could protect ...

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, ...

Loneliness and social isolation among community-dwelling older adults are complex issues with the ability to affect physical, mental and social well-being. To support older adults, approaches must ...

Social isolation significantly increases the risk of mortality in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), highlighting the need for targeted interventions to address this issue.

Social isolation and loneliness have long been linked to adverse health outcomes, including cardiovascular disease (CVD), diabetes, and premature death. However, the biologic underpinnings of these ...

Social isolation may accelerate cognitive decline later in life, reported a new study published in The Journals of Gerontology. “As Alzheimer’s is a leading cause of death for older adults in the ...

A new article examines how social isolation, loneliness and frailty affect one another and the bidirectional relationship they exert as an individual gets older. hey found that physical frailty can be ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Both loneliness and social isolation were associated with a higher risk for glaucoma. Participants who were ...

Encouraging people to mistake digital companions for real friends is prima facie unethical. Encouraging people to have imaginary friends is no solution to social isolation. There is a risk that the ...

Health behavior experts have a question: If loneliness results in the same risk of dying early as smoking up to 15 cigarettes a day, could the strategies that greatly reduced smoking in the United ...