The holiday season amplifies America's loneliness epidemic, but simple actions can combat isolation better than medication, ...

According to a recent study from AARP, 40% of adults aged 45 and older struggle with loneliness, and men have higher rates of ...

Isolation and loneliness aren’t identical — isolation is being socially disconnected, loneliness the distress of lacking ...

The World Health Organization has established a Commission on Social Connection, making understanding and finding solutions to loneliness and social isolation a global priority. Calling loneliness a ...

While life expectancy rates for older Americans are rising, nearly 40% of adults report living with a digestive disease of some kind. "Many people don't realize that these conditions are very common ...

Sometimes, what feels like a deep depression might actually be your heart crying out for connection. Our emotional landscape is complex, and learning to distinguish between depression and loneliness ...

Older adults who live with digestive diseases have higher rates of depression and loneliness compared to their peers who don’t have the diseases, a new study finds. For the study, Shirley Ann ...

A lot of older adults have digestive diseases that can be debilitating. They can also be linked to loneliness and depression, a new study says. "These conditions are very common in ambulatory care," ...

One in three adults experience social isolation in what experts say is a "dangerous" issue in society. One suburban boxing ...

What is typically a season of holiday joy and cheer can often bring feelings of grief and isolation for veterans.

Isolation is not our normal state. That fact has become abundantly clear these past few months as we have been relegated to socializing less frequently and using virtual means when we do. And while ...