Can You Die of a Broken Heart? | BRITLAB

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For Valentine's Day on BRITLAB, Greg Foot and Hannah Fry explain whether you can actually die of a broken heart...

Footnote 1- http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15928068
Footnote 2- http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20445032
Footnote 3 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21444827
Footnote 4- http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20548058
Footnote 5- http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167629608000337
Footnote 6-http://circ.ahajournals.org/content/125/3/491.short
Footnote 7- http://circ.ahajournals.org/content/124/18/e460.full

You can read more on the subject of a Broken Heart over on BBC Future:
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20140331-can-you-die-of-a-broken-heart

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