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Impact of Marriage on Your Health

Although it seems like everyone knew it already, numerous research studies reveal that couples in happy marriages are healthier than couples in unhappy marriages.

Ways an Unhappy Marriage Can Ruin Your Health

Just as a happy marriage can keep you healthy, an unhappy, stressful relationship can shorten your life. Here are some of the ways that discord in a marriage can make you ill.

Ways Marriage Can Keep You Healthy

Many different research studies are discovering that being married can help you stay healthy. Here are the health benefits that can result from having a marriage license.

A Married Man is a Healthy Man

It appears that marriage is good for men.

Marriage Keeps Folks Healthier

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reinforces previous studies showing that married adults are healthier than those who never married, divorced, or are widowed.

Can Marriage Lower Your Blood Pressure?

Craig Weber, M.D., looks at recent studies connecting good health with happily married people.

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