(Natural News) U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy has declared loneliness an epidemic that is as deadly as smoking up to 15 cigarettes daily and costing the American healthcare industry billions of dollars annually. A new 81-page report from Murthy’s office warned that about half of adults in the U.S. have experienced loneliness and that […]

(Natural News) New peer-reviewed research published in Journal of the American Medical Association Network Open has found that people who claim to be suffering from “long” covid are often just unhealthy, out of shape, and generally miserable people. The prospective cohort study tracked hundreds of Norwegian young people between the ages of 12 and 25 […]

(Natural News) An associate professor of psychology has revealed disturbing children’s drawings from Covid lockdowns which show themes of death, loss, loneliness and restriction. (Article by Katherine Lawton republished from DailyMail.co.uk) In a study by Dr Richard Jolley and co-researchers Dr Sarah Rose, Dr Romina Vivaldi and Dr Claire Barlow, of Staffordshire University, 68 children […]

(Natural News) The Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19), which has given rise to lockdowns and physical distancing measures, has taken its toll and exacerbated social isolation and loneliness globally, with some countries reporting that up to one in three older people are lonely. Staying home for extremely long periods of time, having no or very little communication […]

(Natural News) The increasing popularity of social media has led to more and more people around the world becoming depressed and feeling lonelier despite being connected to more people. The executives of tech and social media companies know about this and are keeping their families away from social media networks. But none of them are doing […]

(Natural News) Health experts are concerned about the effect of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on the mental health of the general population, particularly the children. According to health experts, children are some of the most affected by the pandemic because of the repeated lockdowns and the sudden and significant changes in everyone’s lifestyle. Governments have enforced lockdowns or […]

(Natural News) According to a report by the United Kingdom’s National Health Service, mental health problems in children are on the rise due to the devastating toll of extended Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) lockdowns. The “Mental Health of Children and Young People in England 2020” is a report produced by NHS Digital in cooperation with the Office for National Statistics, a statistics […]

(Natural News) Loneliness and feelings of isolation are becoming more common in this age of connectivity. In fact, more than three in five Americans are lonely, according to a recent survey released by health insurer Cigna Insurance. Even then, more and more people are reporting that they often feel left out, are poorly understood and […]

(Natural News) Older people’s mental health worsened during lockdowns as their loneliness put them at risk of depression and anxiety, according to a recent study led by researchers from the University of Exeter in the U.K. Published in the journal International Psychogeriatrics, the study revealed that a drop in physical activity levels was linked to symptoms of poor mental […]

(Natural News) Loneliness can trigger “cravings” for social interaction in the brain just as hunger can trigger cravings for food, according to a study led by researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). The study, published recently in Nature Neuroscience, revealed that after only one day of isolation, the thought of social interaction stimulates the same brain region activated during […]