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Friendship may help protect women from chronic health conditions in older age, study finds

Social connections should be considered a public health priority in chronic disease prevention and intervention, the study found. (ABC News: Alice Pavlovic)

Satisfying human connections in mid-life may help protect women from chronic health conditions in older age, a Queensland-led study has found.

University of Queensland researchers tracked more than 7,600 Australian women aged between 45 and 50 for two decades as part of the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health.

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