User data from Google, YouTube, and other online platforms can be used to predict, prevent, and even mitigate loneliness, potentially lowering the risk of suicide for at-risk individuals, according to a Rutgers study.
Mar 7, 2024
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The loneliness often experienced by older people in our society has a negative effect on their physical health, according to researchers from Amsterdam UMC and the University of Glasgow. Emiel Hoogendijk, epidemiologist at ...
Feb 29, 2024
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Researchers at QUT have investigated the association between social isolation, or loneliness, and food and eating-related behaviors both during and outside of COVID-19 lockdowns.
Feb 13, 2024
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San Mateo County recently became the first county in the country to recognize loneliness as a public health emergency.
Feb 7, 2024
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Depression and loneliness can be prevented using structured, telephone-based psychological care, delivered over eight weeks, according to new research. The study, led by a team based at the University of York and Hull York ...
Feb 2, 2024
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Americans are terribly lonely, a new poll reveals.
Feb 1, 2024
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Loneliness can be a killer, but it can be particularly deadly for obese people, who are markedly more likely to experience social isolation. Fortunately, a new study shows that addressing it may lower the risk of health complications ...
Jan 23, 2024
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Low-income U.S. veterans who are experiencing feelings of loneliness are more likely to purchase firearms, according to new research from UTHealth Houston.
Dec 22, 2023
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Writing in The Week, journalist Theara Coleman has declared 2023 "the year of the loneliness epidemic." In May, the US surgeon general, Vivek Murthy, said loneliness posed a public health risk on a par with smoking and drinking.
Dec 18, 2023
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The holiday season, billed as the happiest time of the year, can be lonely, especially for those without close family and friends. Loneliness and social isolation, recognized as an epidemic by the World Health Organization ...
Dec 14, 2023
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