Broken Heart Syndrome Is Real, Scientists Claim

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Broken heart syndrome doesn’t just exist in fairy tales. According to a new study published the Journal of the American Heart Association, heart attack risk is much higher for people in the weeks following the passing of a loved one.

Medical News Today reports that bereavement negatively affects heart health to such an extent, that the day a loved one dies, the risk of a heart attack is 21 times higher.

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Comments

[damomb01]

10:27 PM on 01/12/2012

This is most certainly true. My grandmother died less than 4 months...massive heart attack...after my grandfather died Christmas day in his sleep. She loved him dearly, and found her way home to be with him in the end.

[ilovevegas]

09:32 PM on 01/12/2012

I really do believe this to be true.

[nbart71]

08:12 PM on 01/12/2012

Personally, I think this is what killed Brittany Murphy's husband. Not toxic mold.

[SweetCarolineoftheForest]

07:54 PM on 01/12/2012

I believe it. The day my mother died, I had extremely high blood pressure, yet all my life it has been normal. We are creatures of emotion. When you lose a great love, it is very poignant and the loss is felt deeply. I lost my favorite sister when I was 8, and I still feel the loss 40 years later and still have her picture on my dresser. Love doesn't die..not true, sincere love.