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When entering their retirement age, many elderly people often feel lonely. Moreover, their children have lived apart since they are already married and have their own children. Quite often a sense of loneliness sweeps at any time. And adults who suffer from loneliness actually has much greater risk of experiencing health problems, such as heart disease, Alzheimer’s disease and premature death.

To encourage the elderly to be involved in social networks such as creating community centers, probably it will be a difficult thing, because they have had limited effectiveness. (more…)

Being lonely is certainly something that most people do not want to experience. It has many negative impact for the human body and mind. It is even known that loneliness can make people fat.

Have you ever felt that the feelings of loneliness gets more and more wore as time goes by? If so, you’re not alone.

An article in ‘The Atlantic’ noted that some research suggests that loneliness has increased dramatically in a short time recently. In America, it is certain that one of five people suffer from loneliness. This condition can be transmitted even when we are emotionally involved with them. (more…)

Emotion Psychology Journal recently released an interesting research on the relationship of loneliness with warm water. Researchers at Yale University concluded that having a  warm water bath or shower is believed to cure loneliness.

According to the Daily Mail, warm water can be a substitute for a friend. “Social warmth which is lost is replaced with the physical warmth of warm water,” writes Emotion journal. This is what makes a person likes to stay in warm water for a long time. (more…)

Often people feels lonely, moving homes of loosing someone who are very close will be very difficult to handle in will cause loneliness.

Louise Hawkley, PhD, senior researcher from the Center for Cognitive and Social Neuroscience University of Chicago, United States, said that lonely feeling is normal and inevitable. “However, if these feelings goes on continuously, it can cause emotional and physical disorders.” (more…)

Rapid growth of  internet and communications technologies can facilitate communication and connection despite being in a long distance.

However, the increase of access to communications tends to make connections with fellow human decrease. (more…)