Wednesday, October 24, 2007

Couples that Fight Have Greater Risk for Heart Disease

Marital Stress Linked to Heart Disease

Couples with troubled relationships have hardening of the coronary arteries, research says

HealthDay News - October 23, 2007 - by Karn Pallarito

When married couples lose their cool with one another, it may take a toll on their hearts, too, researchers have found.

For women, hostility appears to be the culprit. Wives who were hostile in disagreements with their spouses were more likely to have atherosclerosis, often referred to as hardening of the arteries, Smith and his colleagues discovered. Levels of calcification were particularly high among those women whose husbands also were hostile.

Among husbands, atherosclerosis was more common when either they or their wives acted in a controlling manner, the research team said.


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