Women who have been divorced once, or men who have been divorced at least twice, are more likely to have a heart attack than people who get and stay married, according to a new study.
According to Fox News, remarriage only reverses the risk for men, the researchers also found. And for women divorced at least twice, the heart attack risk was comparable to that of having diabetes or high blood pressure.
The connection seemed stronger among women, but there was no evidence that a second marriage improved their situation. Women who remarried were still 35 percent more likely to suffer a heart attack than those who stayed with their first husband.
According to MSN.com, for men, breakups seemed to have less impact on the heart, the researchers found. Heart attack risk was elevated (by 30 percent) only among men who'd been divorced at least twice. And once men remarried, that increase disappeared.
Although divorce is bad for the heart, men and women can reduce the risk by eating healthy foods, exercising, reducing stress, according to Inquisitr.com.
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