Unhappy with love, it could make you ill. It comes down to stress, emotional stress. Heartache not allowed !

"Until death us do part" takes on an entirely new meaning. We are familiar with 'Type A' and 'Type B' personalities in men that lead to heart attack, but, when it comes to 'long term' emotional stress it is women that have the greatest risk. Are women too stoic due to cultural oppression and conflicting values of family vs. self?

Bad Marriages Harder on Women's Health (click title to entry - thank you)
More likely than mates to show signs of metabolic syndrome in strained unions, study finds
Posted March 5, 2009
By Kathleen Doheny
Health Day Reporter
'...While both men and women in "strained" unions, those marked by arguing and being angry, were more likely to feel depressed than happier partners, the women in the contentious relationships were more likely to develop high blood pressure, high cholesterol, high blood sugar and other markers of what's known as "metabolic syndrome," said study author Nancy Henry, a doctoral candidate in clinical healthy psychology at the University of Utah.
Metabolic syndrome is known to boost the risk of heart disease, stroke and diabetes.... '



Now, add to the list, depression.

Scientists identify key factor in the cause of metabolic syndrome (click here)
Submitted by Mohit Joshi on Wed, 02/06/2008
...Metabolic syndrome is a collection of medical problems related to insulin resistance, including obesity, glucose intolerance, hypertension, lowered HDL (“good”) cholesterol and elevated triglycerides. Together these are associated with an increased risk of atherosclerosis, the build-up of plaque in the coronary arteries that leads to heart attack and stroke....