The heart breaks...

Motorboat Cruiser · 02-09-2005, 06:13 PM

Just in time for Valentines Day, there is a new report that say that the heart can actually be broken from lost love.

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In a study published just in time for Valentine's Day -- February 14 -- doctors reported how a tragic or shocking event can stun the heart and produce classic heart attack-like symptoms, including chest pain, shortness of breath and fluid in the lungs.

Unlike a heart attack, the condition is reversible. Patients often are hospitalized but typically recover within days after little more than bedrest and fluids and suffer no permanent damage to their hearts.

In their study, published in Thursday's New England Journal of Medicine, doctors at Johns Hopkins University gave a name to the condition, demonstrated through sophisticated heart tests how it differs from a heart attack, and offered an explanation for what causes it.

blueerica · 02-09-2005, 06:26 PM

Wow! Fascinating!

Thanks for the link, MBC!

No one here better break my heart, understand?

MerryPrankster · 02-09-2005, 06:42 PM

I've always believed that hearts can be broken, now I know for sure. It seems both sad and beautiful to me. The mind/body connection is a very powerful thing.

Very interesting. Thanks, MBC.

Matterhorn Fan · 02-09-2005, 06:33 PM

You can recover in just a few days, huh? There's a lot of people who're gonna want to know how to get over their broken hearts that quickly. . .

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MerryPrankster Swanky Panky! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Hell's Kitchen Posts: 541	I've always believed that hearts can be broken, now I know for sure. It seems both sad and beautiful to me. The mind/body connection is a very powerful thing. Very interesting. Thanks, MBC. __________________ My advice to the women of America is to raise more hell and fewer dahlias. ~~ William Allen White
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Matterhorn Fan Double Agent Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Back East Posts: 2,071	You can recover in just a few days, huh? There's a lot of people who're gonna want to know how to get over their broken hearts that quickly. . .
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