Health
Chronic loneliness may increase stroke risk among older adults
Chronic loneliness may significantly raise older adults' risk of stroke, according to a new study led by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
Jun 24, 2024
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Researchers say short-term loneliness associated with physical health problems
Loneliness may be harmful to our daily health, according to a new study led by researchers in the Penn State College of Health and Human Development and Center for Healthy Aging focused on understanding the subtleties of ...
Jun 13, 2024
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Psychology & Psychiatry
High rates of loneliness seen among bisexual and transgender people
Transgender and bisexual adults have rates of loneliness that are much higher than that of cisgender and heterosexual people, new data shows. The research is published in the journal MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
Jun 20, 2024
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Gerontology & Geriatrics
Loneliness increases risk of age-related memory loss, finds study
About a third of Canadians feel lonely, and a study from the University of Waterloo shows it has a greater negative impact on memory than even social isolation, though both present a significant risk to the aging population.
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Loneliness
Loneliness is an unpleasant feeling in which a person feels a strong sense of emptiness and solitude resulting from inadequate levels of social relationships. However, it is a subjective experience. Loneliness has also been described as social pain - a psychological mechanism meant to alert an individual of isolation and motivate her/him to seek social connections.
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