Key factor is stress, not love – Harvard Gazette

Is it possible that your broken heart starts in your head?

Harvard and Mass General scientists have been studying heart-brain connections for years, illuminating one of the most extreme — and potentially deadly — expressions of love: broken heart syndrome.

The classic case is when the death of a spouse or child triggers a heart attack in the partner or parent. But recent research indicates that, though broken heart syndrome often strikes after a sudden stressor, its physiological preconditions aren’t sudden at all. In fact, they occur months, even years, before the event. And…

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