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Women: A Broken Heart Can Kill You

Flickr user Nicolas Raymond / " Mending a Broken Heart" (CC v 2.0)

A broken heart can actually kill you…especially if you are a woman.

That’s according to a study published in the American Journal of Medicine. 

Stress cardiomyopathy, or broken heart syndrome, mimics heart attack symptoms and is often triggered by a tragic event, such as receiving news of a death.

The more fragile someone's health is, the more likely a broken heart could worsen his or her medical condition.