Surprising Antiagers(Hang out with Happy People)

Scientists have known for some time that happy People live longer because their good spirits help protect them from illness. The new twist is that happiness is socially contagious: You can catch it- or its opposite- from the People close to you. Analyzing the social networks of the participants in the Framingham Heart study, Researchers at the University of California discovered distinct clustters of Happy and Unhappy people. "People who are the most likely to become happy themeselves in the future" remarked resarecher Nicholas Christakis, MD, a professor of Medical sociology at Harvard. Moral? It pays to choose friends who lift you up.