MURTHY: Loneliness is like hunger or thirst. It's a feeling that we experience when something we're lacking for survival is missing from our life. And if we respond to it, relatively quickly, it may go away. But just like hunger or thirst, it's when it persists for a long period of...
says U.S. surgeon general Dr. Vivek Murthy. In an 81-page report, he stated that widespread loneliness is as deadly assmokingup to 15 cigarettes daily, costing the health industry billions of dollars annually.
Murthy has published warnings about troubling health trends in American life, includingsocial mediause and loneliness. He's stayed away from issuing a similar advisory about gun violence since his 2014 confirmation as surgeon general was stalled and nearly derailed by the firearm lobby and Republicans...
About half of U.S. adults say they've experienced loneliness, Dr. Vivek Murthy said in an 81-page report from his office. "We now know that loneliness is a common feeling that many people experience. It's like hunger or thirst. It's a feeling the body sends us when something we nee...
This week Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy released a warning about the risks that social media presents to the mental health of children and teenagers. Adolescent mental health has been declining for years, and an increasing amount of research suggests that social media platforms could be partially...
Loneliness poses risks as deadly as smoking: surgeon general FILE - Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy testifies before the Senate Finance Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, on Feb. 8, 2022, on youth mental health care. Widespread loneliness in the U.S. is posing health risks as deadly ...
WASHINGTON —TheU.S. surgeon generalon Tuesday declared gun violence a public health crisis, driven by the fast-growing number of injuries and deaths involving firearms in the country. The advisory issued by Dr. Vivek Murthy, the nation’s top doctor, came as the U.S. grapp...
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Credit it to the rise of technology, political polarization or even the pandemic, but loneliness is on the rise. It's an epidemic with consequences so severe that Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy warns they could be deadly. "We now know that loneliness is a common feeling that many people...
surgeon general said Tuesday in declaring the latest public health epidemic. About half of U.S. adults say they’ve experienced loneliness, Dr. Vivek Murthy said in a report from his office. Advertisement 2 Story continues below This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues...