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Dying Alone: Why Social Isolation Among Seniors Has Become America's Quietest Health Emergency

Billings Gazette 18 Mar 2026
Provided content. The U.S. Surgeon General declared loneliness a national epidemic, and older adults are bearing the greatest cost. Here's what the data reveals, and why families can't afford to ignore it ... .
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Loneliness, Social Isolation Impact Brain Health Among Women Entering Menopause

US News 16 Mar 2026
By Dennis Thompson HealthDay ReporterMONDAY, March 16, 2026 (HealthDay News) — Loneliness can impact a woman’s brain health as she begins menopause... .
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New study links loneliness and social isolation to increased risk of developing multiple deadly cancers

The Daily Mail 04 Mar 2026
People who have little social contact, especially women, are at an increased risk of developing a cancer , concerning new research has found ....
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Grant Opportunity: Addressing social isolation, loneliness in Richland County seniors

Richland Source 18 Feb 2026
is offering grant funding to support community efforts aimed at reducing social isolation and loneliness among Richland County residents age 60 and older ... 18, 2026 at�www.aaa5ohio.org/events/social-isolation-grant-opportunity-/.
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How to spot signs of social isolation in teens

Sowetan Live 16 Feb 2026
If your teenage child is showing some of these signs, they could be socially isolating and silently crying out for help ... “Some of them may downplay their feelings because, remember, social isolation doesn’t happen overnight.
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New network of 30 community spaces to be set up across London to combat social isolation and division (Greater London Authority)

Public Technologies 13 Feb 2026
... events and provide advice to support London's diverse communities at a time when loneliness and social isolation is increasing and many are facing fear, hatred and division online and on our streets.
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20 Texas Schools Partner with Superior HealthPlan and The Centene Foundation to Address Social Isolation with No One Eats Alone Initiative

PR Newswire 11 Feb 2026
This February, Superior is partnering with 20 schools to host events to help young people better understand the effects of social isolation ... According to the Centers for Disease Control, social ...
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Notice Regarding Alliance Between Alfresa Corporation and Choraku Choju K.K. to Eliminate Social Isolation and Extend Healthy Life Expectancies (Alfresa Holdings Corporation)

Public Technologies 05 Feb 2026
to Eliminate Social Isolation and Extend Healthy Life Expectancies ... Choraku Choju, founded by psychiatrist Shinichiro Monobe in 2023, is a healthcare venture company that has declared the mission of eliminating social isolation.
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Study links social isolation to brain iron buildup, anxiety

China Daily 04 Feb 2026
A team of Chinese scientists has identified a possible biological link between prolonged social isolation (SI) and anxiety that offers new insight into how loneliness may affect the brain ... Social ...
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Chinese researchers reveal mechanism for anxiety induced by social isolation

People Daily 03 Feb 2026
More importantly, this change precisely targets the emotional center of the brain, causing the brain to mount a highly specific stress response to social isolation ... Many people in the world suffer from psychological issues related to social isolation.
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Bus fighting social isolation gets on the road in Woking

BBC News 01 Feb 2026
The new transport initiative aims to improve access and tackle isolation in the community. .
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Bit by bit, small US groups chip away at historic levels of social isolation

Decatur Daily 31 Jan 2026
Across the country, small groups are working to rebuild social connection amid rising loneliness in their own modest ways ... .
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