Hodgkin's disease in married couples

Crohn's disease in two married couples.

Only two examples of married couples where both partners have developed Crohn's disease have been reported previously from the United Kingdom. We describe two further examples; one where the index patient had developed Crohn's disease before marriage, and the spouse subsequently developed Crohn's disease and a second example in which both spouses developed Crohn's disease after marriage.

Married couples' risk of same disease: cross sectional study.

OBJECTIVE To determine whether people whose marital partners have depression, diabetes, hypertension, ischaemic heart disease, stroke, hyperlipidaemia, peptic ulcer disease, or asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease are at increased risk of the same disease. DESIGN Cross sectional study. SETTING 10 practices from the Trent Focus Collaborative Research Practice Network. PARTICIPAN...

Forgiveness and Cardiovascular Functioning in Married Couples

Few studies have investigated the physiology underlying forgiveness, and those that have ignore the intimate relationship context. The present study, therefore, examined blood pressure and myocardial oxygen consumption, 2 indices of cardiovascular functioning, in a sample of married couples (n 90) recruited from the community. Both trait forgiveness and forgiveness specific to the spouse (dyadi...

Pension plan participation among married couples.

We present descriptive statistics on pension participation and types of pensions among married couples, using data from the 1996/2008 Panels of the Survey of Income and Program Participation and Social Security administrative records. Previous research has focused on pension coverage by marital status, but has not examined couples as a unit. Because couples usually share income, viewing them as...

Relationship Quality among Cohabiting versus Married Couples