Connecting with friends is key to limiting social isolation—something researchers believe could also reduce Alzheimer’s, dementia Last year, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy released an advisory labeling loneliness, isolation and lack of connection an “epidemic” in the United States. Within that public-health crisis, according to recent research by Case Western Reserve University social scientist Ann Nguyen, is the fact that isolation causes cognitive decline—a problem she found is even worse for Black Americans. While Black Americans are twice as likely to … Continue reading New research at Case Western Reserve University aims to address racial disparities in cognitive decline