We are all social creatures, but when you feel disconnected and you don't find your desired level of connection with others it could affect your mental and physical health. Many are calling loneliness and social isolation the next health crisis.
, warning that a lack of social connection increases the risk of premature death by more than 60%. Now, Harvard researchers say they are among the first to explore the link between changes in loneliness and stroke risk over time.Older adults who experience chronic loneliness face a 56% higher risk of stroke than those who are not lonely, according to a new Harvard study.The study authors had 12,161 adults 50 and older who had never had a stroke share information about their loneliness.
They were divided into four groups based on both results — “consistently low” ; “remitting” ; “recent onset” ; and “consistently high” .I lost 42 pounds on Ozempic — this is the one risk I didn’t see comingThe researchers found that the “consistently high” loneliness group had a 56% higher risk of stroke than the “consistently low” group.
Those in the other two groups — “remitting” and “recent onset” — did not have an elevated risk of stroke. Researchers suggest that loneliness’ effect on stroke risk occurs over the longer term.Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy called attention last year to a national loneliness and social isolation epidemic, warning that a lack of social connection increases the risk of premature death by more than 60%.
“Repeat assessments of loneliness may help identify those who are chronically lonely and are therefore at a higher risk for stroke,” said lead author Yenee Soh, a research associate in the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences. “If we fail to address their feelings of loneliness, on a micro and macro scale, there could be profound health consequences.
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