A new survey from the National Institute on Ageing shows older Canadians are feeling high levels of social isolation and loneliness. Health reporter Katherine Ward has more on how these experiences ...

Health behavior experts have a question: If loneliness results in the same risk of dying early as smoking up to 15 cigarettes a day, could the strategies that greatly reduced smoking in the United ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By PETER SMITH, Associated Press It’s been called an “epidemic” of loneliness and isolation. The “bowling alone” phenomenon. By any name, it refers to ...

As teens spend less time with their friends in person, scientists are beginning to uncover how isolation may affect the developing “social brain." Here’s what we know—and when parents should be ...

A large US study using causal modeling shows that lowering social isolation, not just addressing loneliness, could play a key role in preserving cognitive health as people age. Study: Disentangling ...

New research from the University of St Andrews has discovered a direct causal effect between social isolation and a faster decline in later- life cognitive function. Pathological cognitive decline is ...

N.Y. (WBNG) -- Holidays are not always a jolly time for everyone, and state and local agencies are reminding older adults and caregivers that help is available for those feeling lonely or isolated.

MS NOW "The Weekend" co-host Jackie Alemany suggested in a question posed to the Attorney General of Minnesota on Saturday that the Feeding Our Future fraud scheme in Minnesota was "isolated," as she ...

“I just can’t make it tonight. You have fun without me.” Across much of the animal kingdom, when infection strikes, social contact shuts down. A study headed by researchers at The Picower Institute ...

If your teen is constantly FaceTiming, group-chatting, gaming with friends, and replying to 100+ Snap streaks a day, “lonely” might be the last word you’d use to describe them. But research shows ...

The full-scale war in Ukraine, claiming lives, uprooting millions and causing mass destruction, has also left many vulnerable people in very difficult and isolated situations, without social support, ...