Friendship Beneficial To Long-Term Health, Study Suggests.

reported that a study of 14,000 Americans ranging from adolescence to old age revealed that “having friends is good for your physical health, and the benefits appear to start early in life.” Kathleen Mullan Harris, a professor of sociology at the University of North Carolina, stated loneliness and poor health are linked in older people, but this is the first time it has been studied in younger people. http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/01/08/having-friends-is-good-for-you-starting-in-your-teens/?ref=health&_r=0