Loneliness

Most advice about loneliness follows a familiar script. Join a club. Call a friend. Attend more events. Put yourself out there. Those suggestions can help, but a new study suggests they may not tell the whole story. Researchers in Norway have discovered that one of the strongest predictors of feeling less lonely may have nothing …

For years, single people have heard every tired warning imaginable. Friends joke about “dying alone.” Family members ask when you’re finally going to settle down. Social media constantly pushes the idea that happiness only arrives once you find your person. Now there’s a new concern entering the conversation, and this one comes from cancer researchers. …