Hospitalisation increases partner's risk of death

Death of a partner increases risk of heart fibrillation

Death of a partner increases risk of heart fibrillation

Predicting risk of hospitalisation or death: a retrospective population-based analysis

OBJECTIVES Develop predictive models using an administrative healthcare database that provide information for Patient-Centred Medical Homes to proactively identify patients at risk of hospitalisation for conditions that may be impacted through improved patient care. DESIGN Retrospective healthcare utilisation analysis with multivariate logistic regression models. DATA A population-based lon...

The hospitalisation of death: should more people die at home?

With the increase in the proportion of hospital deaths there is increasing debate about appropriateness of place of death. Death should be a family affair but is increasingly hidden from public view. In contrast to those who die at home, most of those who die in hospital die alone with no relatives or friends with them. Husbands and wives are less likely to have the opportunity to say 'goodbye'...

Touch increases autonomic coupling between romantic partners

Interpersonal touch is of paramount importance in human social bonding and close relationships, allowing a unique channel for affect communication. So far the effect of touch on human physiology has been studied at an individual level. The present study aims at extending the study of affective touch from isolated individuals to truly interacting dyads. We have designed an ecological paradigm wh...