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Study links social isolation to decreased brain volume
The socially isolated people also had more small areas of damage in the brain, called white matter lesions, than the people with frequent social...
Social isolation amid Covid outbreak linked to high BP: Study
21 Nov 2020 9:20 AMDuring the social isolation period, 23.8 per cent patients admitted to emergency had high blood pressure.
Social isolation may reduce face recognition ability: Study
15 April 2021 7:15 AMA solitary lifestyle can have profound effects on the brains' abilities to recognise faces, finds a study on wasps with implications on humans facing...
Parenting gets a leg-up in lockdown
7 Jan 2022 7:59 PMThe survey found that the proportion of meals the so-called reference parents shared with their children increased from 84% to 85% from 2018 to 2020,...
Ukraine conflict affecting children's mental health: UNICEF
4 Feb 2022 12:51 PMThe grinding conflict in eastern Ukraine is increasingly affecting the mental health of boys and girls, causing nightmares, social isolation and panic...
Social isolation, loneliness increases heart disease risk in older...
7 Feb 2022 9:19 AMThe findings of the prospective study revealed that social isolation and loneliness independently increased cardiovascular disease risk by 8 per cent...
Social isolation is a risk factor for dementia in older adults: Study
13 Jan 2023 3:04 AMCollectively, the studies do not establish a direct cause and effect between dementia and social isolation, defined as lack of social contact and...
Why learning to surf can be great for your mental health?
23 Jan 2023 9:30 AMHow surfing is good for you Evidence showing the mental health benefits of surfing ranges from improving self-esteem and reducing social isolation to...