Midlife Friendship Key To A Longer, Healthier Life [NPR.org]
[Photo by Felipe Bastos/Flickr] People between 45 and 65 may be the loneliest segment in the U.S. And researchers are using brain scans to show that friendships are vital to staying healthy and engaged in your middle years. RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST: At some point, most people feel lonely. But according to some surveys, the middle years are the loneliest period of life. Feeling isolated is also dangerous and it can be fatal. As journalist Barbara Bradley Hagerty found for our series on midlife,...