A happy marriage may make wounds heal faster!

BEING happily married could help to heal wounds faster, say researchers at Ohio State University College of Medicine.

In its study, couples who had been married for up to 52 years had a small wound inflicted on them while their levels of the stress hormone cortisol were measured. They then had a 20-minute discussion about marital problems.

Cortisol levels and wound healing were monitored for 32 days afterwards.

High cortisol levels have been linked to slow healing, and the study found the people who had positive thoughts after the talk, and therefore lower cortisol levels, did heal faster.