Social isolation is a major and prevalent health problem among community-dwelling older adults, leading to numerous detrimental health conditions. With a high prevalence, and an increasing number ...

University of California, San Francisco and the University of Alabama at Birmingham researchers have identified a link ...

While social isolation and loneliness are different, they are related. Social isolation is having very few people you call, text or visit — people you can depend on or consider real friends.

If you are in poor health, you may be more likely to be socially isolated or lonely. Adults who are lonely or socially isolated tend to be less healthy, have longer hospital stays, are readmitted to ...

Over 4 years, an increase in social isolation in older adults was associated with an increased risk in death, disability, and dementia. Changes in social isolation in older adults has an impact on ...

According to US doctor Vivek Murthy, loneliness and social isolation “increases the risk for premature death by 26 per cent and 29 per cent respectively”. In addition, a lack of social ...

Even before the pandemic took hold in 2020, Americans drifted away from their social circles, dedicating more and more time ...

A new Curtin University study has challenged the perception that heavy social media use has a significant impact on mental ...

Senior citizens are at increased risk for loneliness and social isolation because they are likely to live alone, suffer from chronic illness and have fewer social connections. However, young ...

While in previous years the body had to be found only after “a certain amount of time” to qualify as a “lonely death,” the term now applies to anyone who lives in social isolation ...

David Walton, founder of Honicknowle Live Music Group in Plymouth, said he wanted to use music to bring people together to combat social isolation and loneliness. The group is open to local adult ...

A full decade later, Sega and Creative Assembly are returning to the Alien universe with Alien: Isolation 2. It's not game over, man, because Alien: Isolation 2 is on its way. Despite its current ...