A lousy marriage might literally make you sick.
The Family Law Prof Blog recently posted an article on this topic.
The article reports that marital strife and other bad personal relationships can raise your risk for heart disease, researchers reported Monday. Stress, a well-known contributor to health problems, appears to be the culprit.
The study, in Monday's Archives of Internal Medicine, follows previous research that has linked health problems with being single and having few close relationships. In the new study, researchers focused more on the quality of marriage and other important relationships.
While divorce can also be stressful, could it be a cure?