Summary

Article Metadata

Loneliness and Social Isolation Impact

This is a Cigna news story, published by Yahoo, that relates primarily to Sanjay Murthy news.

Cigna news

For more Cigna news, you can click here:

more Cigna news

Sanjay Murthy news

For more Sanjay Murthy news, you can click here:

more Sanjay Murthy news

News about longevity

For more longevity news, you can click here:

more longevity news

Yahoo news

For more news from Yahoo, you can click here:

more news from Yahoo

About the Otherweb

Otherweb, Inc is a public benefit corporation, dedicated to improving the quality of news people consume. We are non-partisan, junk-free, and ad-free. We use artificial intelligence (AI) to remove junk from your news feed, and allow you to select the best health news, business news, entertainment news, and much more. If you like this article about longevity, you might also like this article about

loneliness epidemic

. We are dedicated to bringing you the highest-quality news, junk-free and ad-free, about your favorite topics. Please come every day to read the latest social isolation news, social disconnection news, news about longevity, and other high-quality news about any topic that interests you. We are working hard to create the best news aggregator on the web, and to put you in control of your news feed - whether you choose to read the latest news through our website, our news app, or our daily newsletter - all free!

The Conversation

The Conversation

•

Curing America’s loneliness epidemic would make us healthier, fitter and less likely to abuse drugs

The Conversation

Summary

Nutrition label

78% Informative

A 2021 survey by Cigna shows nearly 1 in 6 Americans reported feeling lonely or isolated.

Loneliness and social isolation have the same effect on human health as smoking 15 cigarettes a day.

Dr. Sanjay Murthy says loneliness and isolation drive disease and shorten life spans through unbalanced activation of the sympathetic nervous system.

West Virginians have the second -lowest life expectancy in the country.

Clay Marsh: There is a real goodness and kindness in West Virginia's people.

He says the isolation and loneliness pandemic requires us to work together in community to make a positive difference.

Marsh has received funding from NIH , American Thoracic Society , Ohio State University , West Virginia University .

VR Score

76

Informative language

73

Neutral language

32

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

66

Offensive language

not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

long-living

External references

39

https://theconversation.com/profiles/clay-marsh-1440923?utm_source=Yahoo&utm_medium=related-link&utm_campaign=byline-link&utm_content=article-206059 https://newsroom.thecignagroup.com/loneliness-epidemic-persists-post-pandemic-look http://doi.org/10.1136/gpsych-2020-100461 https://doi.org/10.1093/ajh/hpaa074 https://www.6seconds.org/2021/04/19/harvard-grant-study/http://doi.org/10.1177/2049463718802868 https://www.brookings.edu/bpea-articles/mortality-and-morbidity-in-the-21st-century/https://www.cogneurosociety.org/lonely_cacioppo_sep15/https://thehill.com/opinion/technology/556160-media-spread-fear-americans-listen/https://www.hhs.gov/surgeongeneral/priorities/connection/resources/index.html https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-power-prime/202204/do-you-perceive-life-threat-or-challenge https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00122574 https://www.hsc.wvu.edu/news/story?headline=gov-justice-names-wvu-s-clay-marsh-to-lead-covid-19-efforts-for-west-virginia https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0280308 https://www.who.int/teams/social-determinants-of-health/demographic-change-and-healthy-ageing/social-isolation-and-loneliness https://theconversation.com/institutions/west-virginia-university-1375?utm_source=Yahoo&utm_medium=related-link&utm_campaign=byline-link&utm_content=article-206059 https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2023/05/03/new-surgeon-general-advisory-raises-alarm-about-devastating-impact-epidemic-loneliness-isolation-united-states.html https://doi.org/10.1111/nana.12685 https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/casetextsp17bpea.pdf https://www.ted.com/talks/robert_waldinger_what_makes_a_good_life_lessons_from_the_longest_study_on_happiness/c http://theconversation.com/adjusting-jobs-to-protect-workers-mental-health-is-both-easier-and-harder-than-you-might-think-206249?utm_source=Yahoo&utm_medium=related-link&utm_campaign=related-link2&utm_content=article-206059 https://doi.org/10.1080%2F02699931.2013.837379 http://theconversation.com/us?utm_source=Yahoo&utm_medium=related-link&utm_campaign=related-link-0&utm_content=article-206059 https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/new-jersey-friends-hanging-out-in-living-room-royalty-free-image/545865797?phrase=happy+people+socializing&adppopup=true https://www.arc.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Appalachian-Diseases-of-Despair-Update-November-2022.pdf https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Xih6zgoAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao https://www.theguardian.com/media/2013/apr/12/news-is-bad-rolf-dobelli https://www.cigna.com/static/www-cigna-com/docs/about-us/newsroom/studies-and-reports/combatting-loneliness/cigna-2020-loneliness-factsheet.pdf https://www.livescience.com/65446-sympathetic-nervous-system.html http://theconversation.com/working-in-isolation-can-pose-mental-health-challenges-heres-what-anyone-can-learn-from-how-gig-workers-have-adapted-194712?utm_source=Yahoo&utm_medium=related-link&utm_campaign=related-link1&utm_content=article-206059 https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms22084241 http://theconversation.com/naplan-testing-is-about-to-start-how-can-you-support-an-anxious-child-225085?utm_source=Yahoo&utm_medium=related-link&utm_campaign=related-link0&utm_content=article-206059 https://www.aarp.org/health/conditions-treatments/info-2022/life-expectancy.html https://www.health.harvard.edu/staying-healthy/understanding-the-stress-response https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Sawhill_Social-Capital_Final_07.16.2020.pdf https://www.wvnews.com/wvu-medicine-continues-growth-through-new-acquisitions-launch-of-transformational-insurance-services-subsidiary/article_1490b6d4-a56e-11ec-8703-0b80626d5f5d.html https://www.hhs.gov/surgeongeneral/priorities/connection/index.html#action https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/loneliness-is-harmful-to-our-nations-health https://doi.org/10.7812/TPP/19.099

Affiliate links

no affiliate links

Read full article