The Health Benefits of Friendships

This article was really touching to me. It explains how powerful friends can be in your life during illness and stress. There were several studies done on the subject as well and most of them resulted in that the more friends people have (excluding family) in their lives, distant or close, the less stressed and healthy they are. Check out the link:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/21/health/21well.html