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<p>After controlling for factors such as social isolation and depressive symptoms, which are closely related to loneliness but distinct, researchers found that people considered lonely at the start of the study had a 25% higher risk of stroke than those not considered lonely. File Picture: Jeff Moore/PA Wire</p>

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Long-term loneliness increases the risk of stroke by 56% – study

The study, published in eClinicalMedicine, used data from 2006 to 2018 from the University of Michigan’s Health and Retirement Study

<p>There are a wide range of insights in our two-part series on how Covid-19 had multiple impacts on older people in Ireland and what can justifiably be defined as an ageist reaction to the management of their liberties. Picture: Leah Farrell / RollingNews.ie</p>

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Irish Examiner view: Pandemic has diminished the role of many older adults

Alone sees doubling of older people seeking help

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Alone sees doubling of older people seeking help

JOYCE FEGAN: Time to let the loneliness out of the sheds...

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JOYCE FEGAN: Time to let the loneliness out of the sheds...

Call for single government body to tackle social isolation

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Call for single government body to tackle social isolation

Urban dwellers fear loneliness as they grow old

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Urban dwellers fear loneliness as they grow old