A bad marriage can not only break your heart but according to a story aired on CNN it can also cause physical heart trouble. The Archives of National Medicine in the U.K.  published a study done at the University of Medicine in London about the effect of toxic relationships on the heart. 

In a study of 9,011 British civil servants, most of them married, those with the worst close relationships were 34 percent more likely to have heart attacks or other heart trouble during 12 years of follow-up than those with good relationships. That included partners, close relatives and friends. 

Another study that was published in the journal Psychosomatic Medicine reported that women who kept silent during domestic fights were more likely to die early then those that didn’t.  The study was done on 4000 people in a ten-year period.  Women, the next time you are fighting with your spouse you might want to speak out. It could save your life.