Does the risk of hospitalisation for ischaemic heart disease rise already before widowhood?

Conclusions These findings indicate that men are already vulnerable to cardiac problems before the death of a wife. Medical interventions and health counselling could be targeted to the husbands of terminally ill patients, in order to improve their cardiovascular health over the transition to widowhood.
Source: Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health - Category: Epidemiology Authors: Tags: Research reports Source Type: research