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A UB researcher is among the co-authors of a recent paper that reveals how loneliness during the COVID-19 pandemic has affected American women over the age of 70. The study of more than 27,400 Women’s ...

A huge European study found that lonely older adults tend to have weaker memory, but they do not lose memory faster over time ...

If you’ve spent any time reading about the science of happiness and longevity, you’ve probably run across the Harvard Grant Study — the 88-year research project that has followed the lives of hundreds ...

Loneliness and isolation among older Americans have mostly returned to pre-pandemic rates, but that still means more than one third of people age 50 to 80 feel lonely, and nearly as many feel isolated ...

However, they noted that even with the recent increases, the majority of students involved in the study did not report high levels of loneliness. "We employed multi-level modeling to examine ...

We’re more connected than ever, thanks to social media and smartphones, but we’re also lonelier than ever. Especially young people. At least according to a new study sponsored by Cigna. The insurance ...

A new study finds persistent loneliness taking a toll on aging brains and significantly raising a person's odds for dementia. Research funded by the U.S. National Institute of Mental Health tracked ...

Social media "friends" don't help overcome loneliness, according to new research. The first-of-its-kind study suggests that all of the strangers people befriend online are not actually helping them to ...

Loneliness is considered a growing public health threat in the United States. Former surgeon general Dr. Vivek Murthy has even described loneliness as an "epidemic" plaguing the country. On Tuesday, ...