The male loneliness epidemic is a recent concept that suggests males are far lonelier than before. While this is partly true, ...

BUENOS AIRES — Is being alone the same as feeling lonely? Hardly, for the latter is a sense of isolation and the need for more encounters or relations. Yet even in company you can feel alone, which is ...

Dame Maggie Smith of Downton Abbey fame once said: “There’s a difference between solitude and loneliness.” For Dr. Ruth Westheimer, the therapist with a thick German accent who taught Americans to ...

“I administered cocaine and ended up discovering the source of loneliness.” Said two MIT neuroscientists, Kay Tye, and Gillian Matthews. By accident, in 2012, Matthews and Tye stumbled across the ...

We're in a loneliness epidemic. Around 27% of adults in the UK report feeling lonely at least some of the time, with the eldest and youngest generations often being the most isolated. But while ...

While loneliness has been tied to higher disease risks, new genetic findings reveal it might be more of a warning signal than a direct trigger, reshaping our understanding of its true health impact.

It’s a painful paradox: We struggle with epidemic levels of loneliness on a planet inhabited by almost 8 billion other people. Loneliness and social isolation are major health concerns, with ...

Cuffing season is upon us, and so is seasonal depression. According to licensed psychotherapist Jenet Dove, addressing “loneliness” can be difficult as it is not one-dimensional. She believes that ...

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The relationship between social connections and cognitive abilities is a complex one, particularly during the perimenopausal ...

The pursuit of independence is deeply American. But, even if inadvertently, it’s fueling disabled people's loneliness.