Keep reading to learn how social isolation accelerates cognitive decline and why increasing social contact could protect ...

Social integration impacts pulmonary function in the elderly, researchers have demonstrated for the first time. This study also rebuffs the popular notion that marriage is the only social role ...

Sporting competition may have various hidden social functions. Those functions are common to many societies but likely change with economic development as young people prepare for a more complex way ...

Adult spinal deformity (ASD) doesn’t just bend spines — it bends lives. Dinners get skipped. Family gatherings become endurance events. Friends stop calling (or worse, patients stop answering).

A social skills program for high-functioning young adults with autism spectrum disorder significantly improved the participants' ability to engage with their peers, a new study has found. Researchers ...

The relationship between social media use and psychological functioning, especially anxiety and depression, has demonstrated varied results. Some studies have found that social media use has a ...

Frequent social media use is associated with increased irritability in US adults, showing a notable dose-response relationship with posting frequency. Researchers analyzed data from two waves of an ...

Due to the increasing number of unregistered events and illegally co-sponsored functions between fraternity and sorority chapters at Purdue University, the Interfraternity Council and Panhellenic ...