In a study that’s sure to cause consternation amongst divorced women (and possibly the men they marry after divorce), researchers have found that women have a higher risk of heart disease after divorce as compared to those who stay married.

Women who divorce are 60 per cent more likely to develop heart disease in later life than those who remain in a married relationship.
Even those who remarry are still more likely to have adverse health consequences.
11.6 per cent of divorced women and 10.7 per cent of remarried women had heart disease, compared to 8.7 per cent of continuously married women.
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