Andy Reid recently joined Derrick Porter, host of “Music & the Spoken Word,” for a podcast interview. Here's what he said ...

Empty nesters often face a mix of emotions as children leave home, from loneliness and uncertainty to hope for a new season.

Source: Image by Leigh W. Jerome Ph.D. Loneliness is widespread in the United States. Fifty percent of adults report often feeling lonely; 69 percent experience social disconnection; 54 percent feel ...

Feeling lonely may take a toll on older adults’ memory — but it may not speed up cognitive decline, according to a new study. Researchers from Colombia, Spain and Sweden analyzed data from more than ...

Loneliness affects people of all ages and backgrounds. Cases have been rising globally since the 1970s, prompting both U.S. and global health authorities to recognize it as a widespread public health ...

“The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. He makes me to lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside still waters, he restores my soul. He leads me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s ...

Young Americans are lonelier than ever. We’re eating alone and working alone. The percentage of teenagers regularly hanging out with friends has nosedived. Parties are falling out of fashion. The ...

As loneliness reaches epidemic levels worldwide, work has become one of the main settings where connection is either strengthened or lost. In 2023, Vivek Murthy, the former surgeon general of the ...

Loneliness is quietly reshaping campus life, with more than half of college students saying they feel lonely, according to a new report from Trellis Strategies, a nonprofit research organization ...

In 2024, Surgeon General Vivek Murthy issued an advisory declaring loneliness a public health epidemic. He wasn't exaggerating. The data shows social isolation is as deadly as smoking 15 cigarettes a ...