Female Friends

Than­ks for this link, cybr­cat!
Research shows women make good med­i­cine

From the last paragraph:
The famed Nurs­es Health Study from Har­vard Med­ical School found That the more friends women had, the less like­ly they were to devel­op phys­i­cal impair­ments as they aged, and the more like­ly they were to be lead­ing a joy­ful life. In fact, the results were so sig­nif­i­cant, the researchers con­clud­ed, that not hav­ing a close friend or con­fi­dante was as detri­men­tal to your health as smok­ing or car­ry­ing extra weight!