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Happy marriages help women overcome stress

Posted January 2nd, 2008 by Tara Murray in Families, Health

Good marriages help women recover from work stress, according to a study conducted at UCLA. The researchers followed 60 working couples, taking daily surveys and collecting saliva samples to test for cortisol, a hormone released by the body under stress. (Washington Post)

The research will be published in the January issue of Health Psychology.

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