FastCompany magazine: Having Friends Could Save Your Life?

I came across this interesting article on FastCompany website about how a lack of human contact via social networking may be connected to health risks. I also thought it was worthy for sharing as most write ups surrounding social networking sites are written negatively and for the purpose on condemning the use of sites like Facebook, Twitter etc.

"People with stronger social relationships had a 50% increased likelihood of survival than those with weaker social relationships,"

Here is the link to the site: http://www.fastcoexist.com/1681420/having-friends-could-save-your-life?utm_source=twitter