Stop running, you fools
Fear not thy wedded bliss. That's what researchers are recommending today in the name of good health. After showing that marriage is linked to a better chance of surviving a heart attack (and actually not the cause of it), Dr. Paul Carter and his colleagues have concluded that marriage is good for your health in general.
More specifically, marriage will boost your survival chances if you're someone who's at risk of heart diseases via common health issues such as high cholesterol. Based on the study consisting of almost a million UK adults, it was found that those who were married usually spurred the other to look after themselves more than those who were single.
The data presented at the British Cardiovascular Society conference showed that men and women in their 50s, 60s and 70s with high cholesterol were 16% more likely to survive at the end of the 14-year ACALM study if they were married rather than single. This result was also reflected in those suffering from diabetes and high blood pressure.