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12/07/2015 / By Vicki Batts

Marriage may save your heart — at least, after major surgery

A new study has found that marriage may actually save your heart, at least after surgery. Research showed that single, widowed or divorced patients were 40% more likely to succumb to post-surgery mortality than their married counterparts. Why marriage helps support survival instead of contributing to new functional disabilities is unclear, though it has been proven that […]

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