NEW YORK, June 24 (UPI) --Chronic loneliness may greatly increase the risk of stroke in older adults, a new Harvard study shows. The study, led by the T.H. Chan School of Public Health in Boston ...

Older adults often face the pandemic of loneliness. The absence of having someone to talk to, do the mundane routine with, share conversations, can make them feel lonely and deprived. However ...

Older adults who experience chronic loneliness face a 56% higher risk of stroke than those who are not lonely, according to a new Harvard study. Loneliness and social isolation are not the same.

Loneliness as a Public Health Issue: The Impact of Loneliness on Health Care Utilization Among Older Adults. American Journal of Public Health , 2015; e1 DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302427 Cite This Page : ...

For older adults, loneliness is a major risk factor for health problems -- such as cardiovascular disease and Alzheimer's -- and death. A new study offers the first evidence that mindfulness ...

Study reveals that loneliness significantly reduces healthy life expectancy in older adults, particularly among women, highlighting the need for targeted health interventions to improve well-being ...

Only 30 percent of older adults feel lonely fairly frequently, according to data from the National Social Life, Health and Aging Project, the most definitive study of seniors’ social ...

(CNN) — Lonely isn’t just how many people are around – it’s how you feel. And it may impact your stroke risk, according to a new study. In fact, older adults who reported being chronically ...

The loneliness epidemic may not be such an epidemic after all, at least nothing that previous generations haven’t already seen. According to a pair of studies published by the American ...

For older adults, loneliness is a major risk factor for health problems — such as cardiovascular disease and Alzheimer's — and death. Attempts to diminish loneliness with social networking ...

A new study explored the relationship between loneliness, suicidal thoughts and death ideation in older adults.Overall, feeling lonely was linked with thoughts of wanting to die, according to the ...