At sixteen, I believed my best friend and I would one day live side by side. Our gorgeous families separated only by dreamy white picket fences. A romantic suburban euphoria. By the time I was ...

It’s not just the stuff of sad songs and tragic novels—broken heart syndrome is a real medical condition, and it turns out that men are more vulnerable to its deadly embrace. Sure, you might envision ...

Individual hearts break for a nearly infinite number of reasons, but the one constant is that everyone finds themselves heartbroken at some point in their lives. Whether it’s from grieving the death ...

When a person has a broken heart, it is important that they take care of themselves. Simply remembering to eat and drink enough throughout the day and talking to others when possible are important ...

Broken heart syndrome mostly affects post-menopausal people after extreme stress. Most people recover from broken heart syndrome within weeks. You can manage your stress to prevent broken heart ...

Two days after fourth-grade teacher Irma Garcia was killed in the Uvalde, Texas school shooting, her husband, Joe Garcia, suddenly died as well. Family members attributed his death to a broken heart.

At the sight of anything that reminds me of her, I say hello, or want to give it a high five. Sometimes I say a prayer that we’ll talk again. Other times I queue up Joni Mitchell’s “Both Sides Now”: ...

Exactly a year before I found myself in the hospital, my father had died after a fall at home. Regulations required an autopsy. Afterwards, I had to identify his body before it could be released for ...

Intense emotional pain can trigger broken heart syndrome, a condition that weakens the heart muscle. It mimics heart attack symptoms but lacks blocked arteries. Research reveals stress hormones, ...