Doctors warn us a lack of friends can be hazardous to health. Isolation and alienation are risk factors for diseases. Research with monkeys shows that adult females housed alone are twice as likely to develop diseases of arteries as animals that live in small groups. In a study of patients hospitalized for heart attacks, 38 percent of those without social support network died in the hospital, compared with 11 percent of those who had support. The experience of being loved, cherished, esteemed and cared for protects people from disease. It also makes life worthwhile. Yet building an inner circle of intimates takes work, especially as people age and lose old friends. If only drug companies could bottle friendship, and doctors prescribe it. Making -- and keeping -- friends is the ultimate task in self-care. It's up to us to maintain connections -- to make the phone call, send the mail, exchange the photos. That's why we started to plan for next year's reunion.

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