Divorce hurts health even after remarriage

Jeanna Bryner

MSNBC.com

Divorce can wreak havoc on a person's health, even after remarriage, a new study finds. Scientists have known that marriage can boost a man's health and augment a women's purse. The new study shows that divorce or losing a spouse to death can exact an immediate and long-lasting toll on those mental and physical gains.

"That period during the time that this event is taking place is extremely stressful," said study researcher Linda Waite, a sociologist and director of the Center on Aging at the National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago. "People ignore their health; they're stressed, which is itself a health risk; they're less likely to go to the doctor; they're less likely to exercise; they're sleeping poorly."

Source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32174614/ns/health-more_health_news/