April 2022

Loneliness is a serious problem. Loneliness is one of the most dangerous health problems in the United States, although it’s seldom discussed. Psychology Today says loneliness has the same mortality risks as obesity, smoking, alcoholism and physical inactivity. A meta-analysis from Brigham Young University found that social isolation may increase the risk of premature death by up to 50%. The problem with loneliness is that people suffer in silence and it afflicts the ones we don’t see. A...

Becca Levy, a psychologist, epidemiologist and professor at the Yale School of Public Health, argues that ageism can deleteriously affect one’s mental and physical health.Credit...Yehyun Kim for The New York Times Through more than three decades of research, the Yale psychologist Becca Levy has demonstrated that age discrimination can take years off one’s life. Published April 23, 2022Updated April 25, 2022 Each fall, Becca Levy asks the students in her health and aging class at the Yale...