HOUSTON — Social health is an often-overlooked component of overall wellness, but medical experts say spending time with others is just as important as physical and mental health care. Dr. Andrea ...

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We asked our in-house editorial team at Healthline to share their tips for building and maintaining social connections during winter. These weather-friendly approaches offer simple ways to socialize, ...

Social isolation kills. It increases your risk of death by 30% — roughly the same as smoking cigarettes and much worse than factors such as obesity and sedentary living. Americans are living through ...

I came to the social skills group to make friends. At 11 years old, I had close to none. Each week, we would learn about different skills. Things like how to say hello, how to say goodbye, how loud to ...

It might sound like a contradiction, but if you're feeling lonely, you're not alone. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech news updates. One in four Australians experience persistent ...

Social connection, support, and interaction are incredibly important, according to a study from World Psychiatry — not just for relationship well-being, but also for mental and physical health. These ...

A decades-long study suggested that close relationships with family members during teenage years could lead to a rich network of friendships in adulthood.

While adolescents and teens around the world are more socially connected than ever through online social networking sites, they also report more feelings of depression, anxiety and related mental ...

The Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences and The Graduate School hosted an author spotlight event Oct. 28, allowing Rein, an award-winning neuroscientist with more than one million social ...