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Experts say that loneliness and social isolation carry the same health risks as smoking 15 cigarettes a day. Recent data from Gallup finds that about 20% of Americans report experiencing daily ...

In 2019 a startling article was published in the New England Journal of Medicine. Researchers tracked brain changes in nine ...

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Patrolling a city park. Helping out at a local library. All these activities not only serve the community, but also can help seniors avoid depression related to social isolation. Volunteering reduces ...

While social isolation and loneliness are known to be linked to poor health, the study, published in the journal Nature Human Behaviour, provides evidence of biological processes by which social ...