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Women are a lot more likely to suffer a broken heart than men, researchers say.
The good news is that it probably won't kill you.
In the first national study of its kind, researchers at the University of Arkansas
looked at rates of "broken heart syndrome" — when a sudden shock or prolonged
stress causes heart attack-like symptoms or heart failure — and found that it
overwhelmingly affects women.
Women are at least seven times more likely than men to suffer the syndrome,
and older women are at greater risk than younger ones, according to data presented
at the American Heart Association conference.