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  • 'Silent treatment' leads women to death: study

    09/04/2007 8:08:13 AM PDT · by Grig · 73 replies · 2,554+ views
    CTV ^ | Sep. 4 2007 10:05 AM ET
    A study has found that women who use the 'silent treatment' with their spouses during arguments could be on their way to early deaths. "This is the first time we've seen anything this dramatic that predicts death or heart disease that's not physiological," Dr. Elaine Eaker, who authored the study, told CTV's Canada AM. The study found that women who silenced themselves during marital disagreements were four times more likely to die earlier than women who expressed their feelings during arguments with their spouses. However, Eaker found that the health of men who indulged in the same "self-silencing" practice were...