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  • Nobody knew how to do that, until David Li discovered a solution by investigating what actuaries call the broken-heart factor: the death correlation between the passing of one spouse and the other.

    The Elegant Solution Matthew E. May 2007

  • In a large new study, scientists have confirmed what the medical world has long suspected: The so-called broken-heart syndrome is real.

    NYT > Home Page By ANAHAD O'CONNOR 2012

  • In a large new study, scientists have confirmed what the medical world has long suspected: The so-called broken-heart syndrome is real.

    NYT > Home Page By ANAHAD O'CONNOR 2012

  • But if this is a broken-heart issue and Lucca is relying on me to fix that

    Chasing Brooklyn Lisa Schroeder 2010

  • But if this is a broken-heart issue and Lucca is relying on me to fix that

    Chasing Brooklyn Lisa Schroeder 2010

  • But if this is a broken-heart issue and Lucca is relying on me to fix that

    Chasing Brooklyn Lisa Schroeder 2010

  • Last week we looked at Williamsburg, the tiny neighborhood to the north that somehow donned a trucker cap, overzealous sideburns, a brief flirtation with keytar rock, and inspired a new line of GAP jeans and an entire subgenre of broken-heart music.

    Buzzine » Brooklyn Bound 2009

  • Rich in color and detail, the documents note everything from Stant's outfit when he clubbed Kerrigan black jeans, leather jacket and baseball cap, brown dress shirt and hiking boots to the sandwich Harding ate during her marathon FBI session-turkey, tomatoes, onions, cheese and extra mayonnaise on sourdough-to the small broken-heart tattoo on Gillooly's right arm.

    On The Ropes 2008

  • January's wild weeks and February's broken-heart start are signs that new market leadership is emerging and old mainstays are losing steam.

    How to weather 2008

  • Dr. Ilan Wittstein of Johns Hopkins recently identified a condition called stress cardiomyopathy, or "broken-heart syndrome," which looks on the surface a lot like a heart attack.

    The Good Heart 2007

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