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SeeMarkFly t1_iscqk5y wrote

Reply to comment by Boas-Malinowski in Does a reverse placebo exist? by Nearby-Cloud-3476

Whatever you think has an effect.

Here is another example.

A 2014 study published in the Journal of Public Health found that people whose spouses had just died had a 66% increased chance of dying within the first three months following their spouse's death. 2 Prior studies had placed the increased chances of death for the surviving spouse even higher, at up to 90%.

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carrotstien t1_iscst9d wrote

wouldn't that be more easily attributed to stress related to a loss of a loved one..coupled with usually people lose spouses when they are both old

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Jimmy2Hertz t1_isf25e1 wrote

Seems pretty obvious that an elderly person with likely health issues and at risk of further ones would experience a fatal issue due to stress. People really underestimate how bad being stressed is for your entire physiology, suppressed immune system, hormonal imbalance, poor eating habits, blood pressure and heart rate fluctuations and many more things happen that can trigger serious issues in a short period of time.

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