UNHAPPY EVER AFTER

Divorce can be a heartbreaking, life-changing decision, but a miserable married life may well be worse for general health. According to a new study published in the Journal of Clinical Medicine – which followed 10,000 men for over 30 years – those who claimed to be in an unhappy marriage had a 69 per cent higher risk of a stroke compared to happier husbands. The experts found that even perceiving your marriage to be unhappy is a significant predictor of premature death among men, comparable to well-known risk factors, such as smoking and lack of exercise.