Get a dog. Dogs get you out of the house. They give you a reason to go outside and breathe fresh air. They get you moving. Dogs force you...

In an 81-page report released last week, the US Surgeon General stated that loneliness poses health risks as deadly as smoking 15...

Antidepressants can work well and save lives. More than one of every eight men (12.5%) and almost twice as many women (24.3%) in their...

Particularly for older adults, loneliness isn’t just an emotional problem; it can also be a physical one. A 2012 Journal of the American...

Every year, it comes on as inevitably as the holiday season from Thanksgiving to New Year’s. SAD is a very apt acronym for Seasonal...

By now, you’ve probably heard or read all you need to know about self-quarantining and social distancing – and then some. But one thing...

Long before the Coronavirus outbreak, thousands of people over 65 have been quarantining themselves – not from pandemic disease, but from...

Conventional wisdom links stress with chronic illness, emotional issues, and other physical risks. But is the oppoite true? Does the...

If the prolonged COVID lockdown proved anything, it was that when people are stressed or feeling down, they often turn to food for...

COVID-19 notwithstanding, the number one cause of death in the United States is heart disease. And one of the leading causes of heart...