Loneliness | Common News Update

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Lockdown loneliness leads to 600 reports of online dating fraud a month

Technology

More than 600 reports of romance scams per month were made to Action Fraud during June, July and August, with criminals exploiting victims' desire for human contact during the lockdown.Police forces and other organisations are running a campaign throughout October to raise awareness of romance fraud, following a 26% increase in reports to Action Fraud in the past year. The average victim of romance fraud loses just over £10,000.Live coronavirus updates from UK and around the worldRomance fraud, or dating fraud, occurs when people think they have met the perfect partner online but their "date" is using a fake profile to form a relationship. ...

Negative social media experiences lead to loneliness in young adults, study says

Health

Jan. 22 (UPI) -- Negative experiences online may bring about higher rates of loneliness among social media users, a study says. Every 10 percent increase in negative interactions on social media made the study participants 13 percent more likely to feel lonely, according to new research published Tuesday in the American Journal of Health Promotion. "Social media is, seemingly, about connecting people. So it is surprising and interesting that our investigations reveal social media being linked to loneliness," study lead author Brian Primack, director of University of Pittsburgh's Center for Research on Media Technology and Health, said in a news release. "Perceived social isolation, which is a synonym for loneliness, is associated with poor health outcomes, such as high blood pressure, hea...

Loneliness does more than pull on your heart strings — it may hurt your heart

Health

Silent, uncomfortable, forlorn, withdrawn -- these are all feelings likely felt by the lonely. Research shows that these feelings don’t just cause emotional stress, they are part of a real association between social isolation and negative health outcomes. For the first time, studies are looking at heart failure in lonely people. Over 6 million people live with heart failure in the United States, with over 960,000 new cases diagnosed each year. By 2030, there may be more than 8 million cases of heart failure. “One in five Americans over the age of 40 are affected by heart failure,” Dr. Clyde Yancy, American Heart Association (AHA) spokesperson and chief of the cardiology division at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine, told ABC News. It’s a con...