Former U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy called loneliness a public health epidemic, writing in a 2023 report that about half of U.S. adults say they've experienced it. He suggested people ...

The World Health Organization has declared loneliness a “pressing health threat,” with risks as deadly as smoking up to 15 cigarettes a day. “[Loneliness] transcends borders and is becoming ...

A new study has highlighted a concerning connection between loneliness and dementia risk. The research shows that people who ...

Why loneliness is bad for your health, and what to do about it : The Pulse Over the past few years, public health experts have been sounding the alarm over a growing and potentially deadly ...

Working to improve the quality of interpersonal relationships can reduce feelings of loneliness while offering some protection against depression. Feel a little “blah” lately? You don’t have ...

Loneliness is a common — some would even say, universal — human experience. It can range from fleeting feelings of social isolation that may not have a negative effect on our health to ...

About half of all U.S. adults experience loneliness. Physicians are calling for primary care doctors to ask patients about loneliness and social isolation at routine health checks and when ...

Those who experienced chronic loneliness had a 56% higher risk of stroke. Middle-age and older adults with long-term loneliness are at higher risk of stroke than those who do not report being ...

Across the world, loneliness tends to increase after midlife. But for reasons that aren’t altogether clear, the United States is an outlier, with loneliness steadily decreasing from the middle ...

Loneliness and social isolation used to be hidden. People viewed them as soft, personal concerns, perhaps lamentable, but not necessarily central to the bottom line. Today, however, what was long ...

Loneliness is a personal concept. Some people don't need a lot of social interaction to be happy and healthy. Others may have contact with friends and family members all the time and still feel ...