Tag
Loneliness
Social participation tracked 22% lower death risk in older adults across 25 cohort studies
A Geriatric Nursing dose-response meta-analysis pooled 25 prospective cohorts. Older adults who took part in clubs, worship, volunteering or sport had lower all-cause mortality, and each extra session a month tracked a further drop.
Aug 26, 2026
Social prescribing navigators beat a referral line, 50% to 36%, in 326 Ontario patients
326 primary care patients in Ontario were randomized to a navigator who stayed with them or to a referral line. 50.3% reached a needed resource against 35.8%. What nobody measured was whether their health changed.
Aug 18, 2026
Loneliness tracked heart and metabolic disease across 33 countries
Pooling six aging cohorts covering 81,978 people, researchers found loneliness preceded cardiometabolic disease, and unhealthy habits explained only 5% of the link.
Aug 1, 2026
Loneliness was tied to a higher risk of heart valve disease
Across 462,917 UK Biobank adults tracked for about 14 years, those who felt lonely had a higher risk of degenerative heart valve disease. Living alone or being socially isolated did not carry the same risk.
Jul 23, 2026