Strong Social Connections Linked to Better Health

Eating healthy food and exercising play important roles in health and well-being, but if you are feeling lonely, you may also want to consider reaching out: A lack of social connection may have a negative impact on your physical health, new research suggests. For example, older people ages 57 to 91 who felt socially isolated had more than double the risk of high blood pressure as those who didn't feel isolated, the researchers found. Moreover, adolescents and teens ages 12 to 18 who felt sociall