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Healthy Relationships are Healthy

April 12, 2016 by Dr. James Abshire Leave a Comment

Pblog 4 pic10eople are made to have relationships. The amazing thing is how good relationships can have a positive benefit on our physical health. Let’s look at some of the data1:

  • Married people have fewer doctor’s visits and shorter hospital stays
  • Married people have less depression, substance and alcohol abuse
  • Happily married people have lower blood pressure (unhappily married people have the worst blood pressure)
  • People with loving, stable relationships have less anxiety
  • Long term couples have less headaches and back pain
  • Social support helps stress management
  • People in loving relationships get less colds and flu
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