Divorce Harms Your Physical Health

01.11.12 | Sarah Harnisch

 A new review that gleaned information from dozens of different studies showed divorced adults have a higher risk of early death when they are compared to married people.  The research from the University of Arizona's David Sbarra confirms that divorce is the physical equivalent of smoking, putting on weight, or drinking too much. The one thing that seems to level things out was remarriage. Sbarra found when divorcees were re-matched, their chemicals balanced out.