Can heartbreak REALLY harm your heart?
Most of us know that surge of adrenaline that comes from a sudden shock or receiving terrible news, but could such emotional triggers lead to a serious change in the way our heart functions? The rising diagnosis of broken heart syndrome – medically called takotsubo cardiomyopathy – suggests they could. In the UK, about 3,000 people experience takotsubo each year. And this figure is rising. Nine
