Loneliness and social isolation can take six years off your life

Loneliness and social isolation can take six years off your life Loneliness and social isolation can take six years off your life ‘Loneliness is so connected to mental and physical health’; men are especially vulnerable, study finds “Loneliness is one of the most important public-health crises of our time.” /iStock Loneliness and social isolation can cut almost six healthy years from your life, according to a study that quantified the impact of social problems that often plague older adults. A new study published in Nature Communications found that loneliness and social isolation were robbing people of years that were free of mental-health issues such as depression and anxiety, as well as a smaller but still significant loss of physical health. Copyright ©2026 MarketWatch, Inc.

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She previously worked at Mainebiz, the Portland Press Herald and the Maine Sunday Telegram, where she and her team earned a Scripps Howard Award for Community Journalism for a series on aging. She spent 17 years at , covering mergers and acquisitions, telecommunications, and airlines. She started her career in Baltimore at the Daily Record and the Baltimore Business Journal.

She has also written for Barron’s and other publications. Intraday Data provided by FACTSET and subject to terms of use. Historical and current end-of-day data provided by FACTSET.

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