Dear Friends:
Here in the United Kingdom, the Assamese community is microscopic,
though within the last decade, it appears to have grown up a little. As
an avuncular member of our tribe, I often bemoan the fact that quite a
few of our young men and women are single, despite the fact that they
are very handsome, British University graduates on a miscellany of
disciplines in the Arts & Sciences and are decent wage earners. I want
everyone of them to read the following piece by Jeremy Laurence, the
Health Editor of the Guardian, which appeared today (23 Aug.2011).
-bhuban
HAPPY MARRIAGE LINKED TO HEART OP SURVIVAL RATE
THE BEST remedy for a broken heart, it seems, is a good marriage.
Researchers have found that men and women who have had heart surgery
live longer if they are happily wed. A satisfying relationship gives
something to live for as well as helping them lead healthier lives such
as not smoking or taking more exercise, they say.
Previous studies have shown that men benefit more from marriage than
women. The latest study reveals that for men, even an unhappy marriage
is better than being single – those in unhappy marriages were 66 per
cent more likely to survive 15 years following surgery than men who
were unmarried, and more than twice as likely to survive if they were
happily married.
For women the quality of relationship is key to their survival. Those
in unhappy marriages were no more likely to enjoy a long life than
those who were unmarried. Happily married women, on the other hand, had
a threefold greater chance of a long life.
Professor Kathleen King of the University of Rochester, New York, who
led the study published in Health Psychology, said:”There is something
in a good relationship that helps people to stay on track.”
The researcher followed 225 people who had had coronary bypass surgery.
The operation, which is now routine and is carried out on tens of
thousands of patients each year in the UK, involves replacing one or
more of the coronary arteries which have become clogged up with fatty
deposits with a blood vessel taken from the inner wall of the chest or
thigh.
The operation was once seen as a miracle cure for heart disease but it
is now recognised that the replacement blood vessels are even more
susceptible to clogging than the original arteries. The researchers
decided to examine what factors enabled some patients to beat the odds.
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