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Marriage Helps Survival After Heart Surgery - Health News - Health.com

Marriage is thought to have a number of health benefits, including greater longevity, less stress, and a lower risk of heart disease, diabetes, and depression. Now, a new study suggests you can add a better survival rate after heart surgery to the list of health perks.Overall, people who were married when they had coronary artery bypass surgery were 2.5 times more likely to be alive 15 years later than unmarried people, and the happily married fared better than those in unhappy marriages.

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articles.orlandosentinel.com — “Married adults who have heart surgery are more than three times as likely as singles who have the same surgery to survive the next three months, according to a new study out this month in the” View full resource at articles.orlandosentinel.com