Health
In sickness and in health: Study looks at how married couples face chronic conditions
When they said their wedding vows, many of them promised to stand by one another in sickness and in health.
Dec 03, 2019
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News tagged with husbands
Psychology & Psychiatry
Men who receive home care from spouse more likely to feel burdensome than women
A spouse requiring caregiving for chronic illness or a disability can create a stressful environment for married couples.
Nov 11, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Husbands benefit from mutual caregiving, wives feel more distressed, study finds
Spouses in older marriages are increasingly taking on the role of their partner's caregiver in dealing with chronic conditions like heart disease, memory loss, and cancer. In a growing number of instances, both spouses care ...
Aug 14, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
When ignoring your spouse can help your relationship
It is a classic relationship stalemate: One partner asks the other to change something and the partner who is asked shuts down. But that type of response may actually be beneficial for the relationship of lower-income couples, ...
Oct 15, 2018
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Cardiology
Llosing loved ones to heart disease moves woman to fight for her health
Three days after Christmas, Yolanda Thompson was at work when she got the call she hoped she would never receive. Her husband, Aaron, had suffered a massive heart attack.
Aug 22, 2018
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Woman, 59, who tried for decades to get pregnant gives birth
During nearly four decades of marriage, Akosua Budu Amoako and her husband tried to have a child, without success. But last month, at age 59, Budu gave birth to her first child after fertility treatments.
Jul 17, 2017
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HIV & AIDS
Wives of migrant workers at higher risk of HIV in Nepal
Travelling abroad to work or study has become a national trend in Nepal, especially in the young male population. Over three million Nepali migrant workers are in the Middle East, Malaysia and India. Particularly in India ...
May 23, 2017
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Health
Polygamy and alcohol linked to physical abuse in African marriages
African women in polygamous marriages or with alcoholic husbands have a significantly higher risk of being physically abused by their husbands than women in monogamous marriages or women whose husbands don't abuse alcohol, ...
Aug 23, 2015
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Mortality and blood pressure directly linked to relationship quality
While other studies have shown that stress and negative marital quality can influence mortality and blood pressure, there has not been research that discussed how it might affect married couples over time. Using systolic ...
Apr 07, 2015
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Medical research
Contraception may change how happy women are with their husbands
(Medical Xpress)—Choosing a partner while on the pill may affect a woman's marital satisfaction, according to a new study from Florida State University and Southern Methodist University.
Dec 03, 2014
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