Meeting patients’ needs—inside and outside the clinic walls—is essential to help ensure patients with cancer achieve optimal outcomes. Socioeconomic and environmental insecurities make it more ...

Social support can be viewed in various ways and is generally referred to as emotional and/or physical help, assistance, or comfort that is received or given from social networks including, but not ...

Despite all our digital connections, we are in the midst of what U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy has described as an epidemic of loneliness. That sense of isolation is what Nicole Kenney wants to ...

Whether you have lupus or are a caregiver to someone with lupus, a strong support network is critical to maintaining optimal health and keeping the normal stresses of life in check. Just as it takes a ...

Many years ago, while I was a graduate student, I was writing a research paper on coping and social support. I became interested in the concept of social support as a means of individual growth and ...

When times are tough, whom can you count on to have your back? Do you turn to your best friend because they provide great encouragement or a trusted Family member who always offers a safe space? If so ...

Having at least one social factor affecting health, like food insecurity or not having a safe place to live or enough social support, was linked to worse recovery after stroke. Food insecurity, the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Vibhas Ratanjee studies leadership and culture at Gallup In today’s digital landscape, where apps promise to connect you with ...