Scientists Discover That Grief Can Increase Risk of Heart Problems
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The idea of “dying of a broken heart,” which can happen following the loss of a loved one, was the motivation for the research, said Mary-Frances O’Connor, senior author of the study and a UArizona associate professor of psychology who specializes in grief...
...Among the 59 participants, those who showed the highest level of grief symptoms experienced the greatest increase in blood pressure during the grief recall.
“This means that it isn’t just the death of a loved one that impacts the heart, but our emotional response to loss that is affecting our heart,” O’Connor said.
