Having good friends appears to boost survival

Having a good network of friends and neighbours boosts survival chances by 50%.And they calculate that having few friends is as damaging to survival as smoking 15 cigarettes a day or being alcoholic, PLoS Medicine reports.They believe caring about others makes us take better care of ourselves. But they warn that in today’s modern world social networks are deteriorating as we struggle to juggle careers and families and find a happy work-life balance. Losing this social support, they say, cuts survival odds far more than being obese or not exercising. Lead researcher Julianne Holt-Lundstad says there are many ways in which friends. Everyone needs friends. They will give you good suggest, good thinking, and stand by you when you feel sad. You can say anything what you feel worry and must to get support, the friends are good choice.