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March 12th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda MONDAY, March 12 (HealthDay News) — Married heart surgery patients are
far less likely than single patients to die in the first three months
after their operation, a new study finds.
The survival rate was more than three times as high for married
patients as for single patients three months after surgery, the
researchers report in the March issue of the Journal of Health and
Social Behavior.
Although the difference in survival was strongest in the first few
months, the analysis of data from more than 500 male and female patients
who had emergency or elective coronary bypass surgery also found that the
strong protective effect of marriage continued for up to five years.
Overall, single patients were nearly twice as likely to die as married
patients.
“The findings underscore the important role of spouses as caregivers
during health crises,” lead author Ellen Idler, a sociologist at Emory
University in Atlanta, said in a journal news release. “And husbands were
apparently just as good at caregiving as wives.”
Interviews with the patients provided some possible clues to explain
the difference in the survival rates between married and single
patients.
“The married patients had a more positive outlook going into the
surgery,” Idler said. “When asked whether they would be able to manage the
pain and discomfort, or their worries about the surgery, those who had
spouses were more likely to say yes.”
Among patients who survived more than three months, single patients
were about 70 percent more likely to die during the next five years than
those who were married, the researchers said. Smoking accounted for the
higher risk of death among single patients, they concluded.
“The lower likelihood that married persons were smokers suggests that
spousal control over smoking behavior produces long-term health benefits,”
Idler said.
She noted that the low marriage rate in the United States is cause for
concern. Barely half of U.S. adults are married, the lowest percentage
ever, according to the Pew Research Center.
More information
The U.S. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute has more about heart surgery.
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