A Happy Marriage is Good for Your Health

While we have heard this and intuitively it makes sense, here is some research to back it up.

For men it can reduce the rate of strokes.
A recent Tel Aviv University study, based on 10,000 individuals, suggests that happy marriages may help prevent fatal strokes in men. Single men had a 64% higher risk of a fatal stroke than married men.

For women it can lower our stress levels.
Women who are happily married can get rid of their workday stress more easily than those who are not married, according to researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Marriage can stave off dementia. Middle-aged people who live alone are twice as likely to develop dementia and Alzheimer's disease than those who are married or cohabit, according to a study led by Miia Kivipelto from the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet.

Both men and women have lower blood pressure.
A study out of Brigham Young University show decreased blood pressure as compared to single people but interestingly having strong social support systems didn't help those who were not partnered.

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