I was fascinated to read about research* showing that people diagnosed with heart failure did better, up to four years later, the better their marriage was. How much love was in their hearts correlated with how well they did as much as did their hard medical risk factors! Yet another study correlating psychological well-being with physical health. Another reason why we should work on having more loving relationships. As always, start by thinking about what more you can do to make your partner feel loved.

*Coyne JC et al  Prognostic importance of marital quality for survival of congestive heart failure. Am J Cardiology 2001; 88:526???529.