Millions of Australians are currently living under lockdowns in an effort to curb the rapid spread of the Delta variant of COVID-19.
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Aug 9, 2021
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A team of researchers from the University of Hong Kong and one from Oxford University has found that people who live in the denser parts of U.K. cities tend to be lonelier than people living in more open areas. In their paper ...
One in four Australians feel lonely on three or more days a week. Our longitudinal study, just published in the International Journal of Epidemiology, finds adults in neighborhoods where at least 30% of nearby land was parks, ...
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Jun 10, 2021
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Research conducted at Swansea University and the University of Milan has shown that students who use digital technology excessively are less motivated to engage with their studies, and are more anxious about tests. This effect ...
Education
Jan 17, 2020
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A new report suggests that people feel less lonely when they have access to everyday technology such as a radio, television or tablet. The research, co-produced by the University of York and the loneliness charity WaveLength, ...
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Jun 14, 2019
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Social isolation and loneliness are increasingly being recognized as urgent public health threats, with risks to health and mortality as serious as those from obesity or smoking. Some researchers have cautioned that rural ...
Social Sciences
Jan 25, 2019
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The pang of loneliness is far higher than even the gloomiest of previous estimates, according to a new study from researchers at the University of California, San Diego.
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Dec 20, 2018
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Loneliness, as a leading cause of depression and obesity, is believed to cost £6,000 per person in health and social care services. Loneliness is especially prevalent during the winter holidays, perhaps intensified by the ...
Social Sciences
Dec 14, 2018
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Specially-designed beermats have been created to highlight the important role traditional pubs have to play in tackling loneliness in older men.
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Oct 30, 2018
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Older adults living in public senior housing communities experience a large degree of loneliness, finds a new study from the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis.
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Jul 4, 2018
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