Reply To: Divorced Women Face Higher Heart Attack Risk

yybc: Better, I’d venture to say, than those who get unnecessarily divorced.

akuperma: Great point but it’s much more than sociology. The Gemara suggests that the Shichvas Zera of a Nochri has different properties from that of a Jew, since the Nochri eats non-Kosher foods and is physically affected by his diet. The Chasam Sofer (Teshuvos YD 175) writes that this Gemara is relevant in practice. He rules that we cannot assume that a medical treatment that was tested successfully on a Nochri will also be successful on a Jew. Rav Elyashev zt’l pointed out that the Chasam Sofer writes that the physical characteristics of a Yid are different than a Goy, and that what applies to one may not apply to the other. Therefore, said Rav Elyashev, how much more so regarding the mind/soul?

In any event, this study was done exclusively on participants who were all legally married. So your point about de facto marriages isn’t particularly relevant to this.

newbee: There are many other studies indicating people are far better off (health wise and for other benefits) getting married than not marrying.

cherrybim: The problem is when the divorce was avoidable and unnecessary.

DY: This study also indicated that divorced men who remarry see their health improve yet divorced women who remarry don’t regain their better health.

P.S. I neglected to cite that the OP was written by Apex (though this study has been widely reported in the news this week.)