How ugly marital spats might open the door to disease [sciencedaily.com]

Alicia Doktor 8/17/1812:00 PM

Married people who fight nastily are more likely to suffer from leaky guts -- a problem that unleashes bacteria into the blood and can drive up disease-causing inflammation, new research suggests.

It's the first study to illuminate this particular pathway between bad marriages and poor health, said lead author Janice Kiecolt-Glaser, director of the Institute for Behavioral Medicine Research at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. The study appears in the journal Psychoneuroendocrinology.

"We think that this everyday marital distress -- at least for some people -- is causing changes in the gut that lead to inflammation and, potentially, illness," she said.

[For more on this study by Ohio State University, go to https://www.sciencedaily.com/r.../08/180815085903.htm]

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