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After his wife of 36 years died from cancer, Dick St. Lawrence experienced something new: loneliness. “Worst feeling in the world,” St. Lawrence, 81, said about Linda St. Lawrence’s death in the winter of 2014. Like many widows and widowers before him, he had to build a new life for himself, despite having the comfort…
Social isolation kills – literally. In this video, Professor James Lubben, founding director of Boston College’s Institute on Aging, discusses numerous research studies showing that people who lack a social network of friends or family are more likely to neglect good health practices and to experience psychological distress, cognitive impairment, the common cold, and even…
