(Adriana Diaz/ New York Post) — Divorce is no longer the only concern associated with irreconcilable differences.
Being in a committed, cohabitating relationship has been linked with better health and heart disease prognosis in previous studies, but a new study found that severe marital stress may be linked to a worse recovery after a heart attack.
Researchers at the Yale School of Public Health compared more than 1,500 adults in recovery one year after a heart attack, who were asked to self-report on their marital stress.
The effects of marital strife were more apparent in women, 40% of whom reported feeling severely stressed over it, compared to 30% of men. (…)