Are friends really that necessary in college?

[Majjestic]

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Actually, various studies have shown that friendship is beneficial to health. For example, a study that can be found on webmd.com, tested people over the age of 70 for 10 years and found the ones with the closest friend networks lived the longest…

Can you post a link to this study? I am not attempting to discredit you, I am just curious and interested in reading the results of these studies.</p>