Happy Marriage Lowers Blood Pressure

If you have high blood pressure, you can now blame your spouse,  although blaming your spouse will only send your blood pressure higher. That, at least, is the implication of a recent study involving 204 married people and 99 single adults. As the Washington Post reports, study volunteers wore devices that recorded their blood pressure at
random times over 24 hours. Married participants also filled out
questionnaires about their marriage. The research conducted at Brigham Young University, found that the more marital satisfaction and adjustment
spouses reported, the lower their average blood pressure was over the
24 hours and during the daytime. Spouses who scored low in marital satisfaction had higher
average blood pressure than single people did.
Read more in the Washington Post.