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Interviews with 20 young-adult couples facing cancer describe changes in communication, intimacy, milestones and support, and interest in couple-focused help.

US survey data from nearly 1,700 young married couples links exercising together with better communication and less conflict. It is not a cure-all.

A Finnish twin study links a partner's smoking, personality and distress to how genetic risk for binge drinking shows up. It does not assign blame.

A German study of couples where one partner has a long-term illness links longer illness with lower relationship satisfaction, and notes protective factors.

A UK Biobank study links loneliness and isolation with fewer healthy years. Healthy habits narrowed the gap for isolation, but not clearly for loneliness.

A large study of adults over 50 separates loneliness from time spent alone and from social isolation. Here is what it found and what it cannot show.

The WHO now treats loneliness and isolation as public-health concerns. Here is what its 2025 report says, and how to read its estimates.

A large international survey links more satisfying friendships with better self-rated mental and physical health. Here is what it shows and cannot show.

A 2025 systematic map found only five studies of meditation and adult attachment, all Western, with early benefit for attachment anxiety. What it can say.

A July 2026 UK Biobank and genetic study linked loneliness to poorer mental health and wellbeing, but found no clear effect on specific physical conditions.