loneliness

Surgeon General of the United States Dr. Vivek Murthy recently announced that loneliness has become an "epidemic" and a new threat to public health in the country. Approximately half of ...

Making an intentional effort to recognize positive life events and achievements while gathering for food and drink at ...

Almost a year ago, my husband and I got a skittish little rescue dog. Stewie is a white ...

Excerpts from our conversation with Dr. Cole, who heads the NIH-funded Social Genomics Core Laboratory at the University ...

Australian research has discovered that dog owners tend to have different personality traits from cat owners and that ...

There’s a “Peanuts” cartoon panel that might make you smile or—thanks to our ongoing struggle with social isolation—even ...

Is loneliness our modern malaise? Former U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy says the most common pathology he saw during his ...

On a Thursday morning in mid-February, writer Donna Ashworth woke up in lockdown in Scotland, and something felt ...

Commentary Loneliness is poison. It is deadly. Loneliness is literally killing us. And if you just rolled your eyes, I’m ...

In late 2019, Dennis Gillan gave a TEDx talk about the loneliness epidemic, and right before February 2020, ...

In the movie “Saving Private Ryan,” a detachment of American soldiers is sent behind German lines to rescue ...

Commentary CUMBERLAND, Maryland—Had it not been for the kindness of strangers, Henry McCain would have died the way ...

Commentary “Are you lonesome tonight? / Do you miss me tonight? / Are you sorry we drifted apart? ...

How can we who are over the age of 65 fight loneliness, and how can we help those ...

Even as states relax COVID-19 restrictions, in most cases, older adults are advised to keep sheltering in place. ...

I am feeling isolated. Is this a state, or an emotion? Rather than getting into the semantics of ...

Commentary As the coronavirus stops normal life, trapping more Americans in their homes, some have raised the specter ...

Commentary If you want to understand a human being or the human condition, what is the single most ...

After witnessing an elderly man sitting alone and ignored on a park bench for 40 long minutes, an ...

One of the major questions of growing older is “Where do I want to live as I age?” ...

If you are alone and miserable, if you are looking for human contact, extend the hand of friendship. ...

Commentary New studies are showing just how influential social media is on a person’s life, and they seem ...

One of my later tours in Afghanistan was as a task force operations officer. My boss, Big Ed, ...

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Older adults who are socially isolated may not necessarily see doctors or visit health clinics more often than ...