Did you know that social isolation and loneliness can be more harmful to your health than smoking 15 cigarettes a day? As we ...
Social wellness expert Sharon Stevenson shares simple daily practices to help people feel more connected during the year's most isolating month ...
Symptoms of myasthenia gravis that affect your facial expressions, speech, and ability to swallow can cause feelings of self-consciousness that may lead to social isolation. These tips can help.
Two major challenges that many seniors face are loneliness and social isolation. Older adults often live on their own and may not have close friends or family nearby who can visit regularly. They may ...
Loneliness/social isolation isn’t just a transient emotion or situation, it’s turned into a global crisis with serious public health consequences. In 2023, then–US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, MD, ...
Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) can lead to social isolation due to a combination of physical limitations, pain, fatigue, and emotional factors. Seeking opportunities for social connection can help you ...
Around the world, many people face a difficult reality: one in four elderly people live in isolation, according to the French Red Cross. The feeling of loneliness also affects a younger population: at ...
A new article examines how social isolation, loneliness and frailty affect one another and the bidirectional relationship they exert as an individual gets older. hey found that physical frailty can be ...
Across the country, small groups are working to rebuild social connection amid rising loneliness in their own modest ways. It sounds simple — building relationships. But they’re up against powerful ...