Since February is Heart Health month, here are some heart-
focused topics you may be interested in, such as broken heart
syndrome, how your healthy habits are stronger than your genes
for a healthy heart, and how positive emotions boost blood
vessel performance. Perhaps you’ve never heard of “broken heart
syndrome” before, but women are seven to nine times more likely
to suffer from this condition, according to a newer study. In
fact, this heart syndrome is three times more common in women
over 55 than in younger women, while women younger than 55 are
9.5 times more likely to experience it than men of that age. It
occurs when sudden or even prolonged stress such as a death or
an emotional breakup triggers heart failure or heart attack-like
symptoms. In fact, even good events such as a surprise party can
trigger it, since it happens when a big shock causes an
adrenaline—and other stress hormones—rush which, in turn, makes
the heart’s main pumping chamber suddenly enlarge and not
function properly. Interestingly