Yes, according to this Your Total Health slideshow, phoning a friend is just one of many ways to live longer and happier. Do you have a lot of real life friends?
Strong social networks don’t just make life enjoyable—they make life longer. Recently, scientists at Flinders University in Adelaide, Australia, reported that people with the greatest number of close relationships outlived their least well-connected peers by a whopping 22 percent (and friends mattered more than family ties).
