Loneliness is not merely an emotional state; it acts as a physiological stressor that increases risks for heart disease and ...

Background Sarcopenia is a major age-related health condition that remains inadequately recognised as a public health concern ...

Periods of prolonged social isolation have long been associated with difficult emotions and, in some cases, with the ...

With the pandemic state of emergency coming to a close, and with flu season now flu-and-COVID-19 season, experts are shifting their focus to what we can learn from the experience and apply to future ...

Editor’s note: This is the first of two stories on loneliness and its impact on mental health. Part 2: The negative impacts of too much screen time. Greensburg resident John Herrmann has a suppertime ...

Social experience sculpts the teenage brain. Source: iStock/pixelfit Humans are fundamentally social, and perhaps never more so than in adolescence when hanging out with friends is the top priority ...

In her second year at Dominican University, Julia Reinhard started to feel the loneliness creep in. Like many college students, the pandemic meant hours and hours of remote learning. Reinhard tried to ...

Every Friday, the Ann Arbor Happy Hour event brings groups of seniors together to dance. It's not just a fun night at a club, but a way to fight the adverse health effects of isolation. The patrons at ...