NEW RESEARCH SHOWS:
LOVING RELATIONSHIPS BETTER HEART MEDICINE THAN DRUGS!
Love conquers all - even heart attacks
Several months back, a Swedish study revealed frequent social interaction among men - friendships, golf outings, poker nights, etc. - correlated into a more than 50% reduction in heart disease among test subjects. (That's a far greater reduction in risk than any prescription drug can claim!)
Now, in yet another twist on this theme, another new European study, this one from the U.K. shows that having loving, close relationships - with spouses, relatives or close friends - helped to measurably lower heart attack victims' risk of suffering a second cardiovascular event...
And they say there's no cure for a "broken" heart!
According to the HealthDay online piece, heart attack survivors without some type of intimate relationship to lean on for emotional support or social interaction were TWICE AS LIKELY to suffer major heart problems within one calendar year of their initial cardiac event.
Highlighting more than 1,000 heart attack patients, the study's other controlled factors were smoking, blood pressure, and cholesterol. (Of these three, only blood pressure elevation may be relevant.)
article did not specify the sex of the study's subjects. This the second study to appear in recent months supporting the notion that close relationships of one type or another can cut the risk of heart trouble in half.
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