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And thank you. Okay, now on with this week's show, I had heard maybe you had to that people can feel

physical pain when they are grieving, but I had no idea that heartache can actually change the

structure of the heart organ. You will hear why and so much more from our episode called heartache.

It first aired last October and it has got all the feels, but also a lot of science and some

really important marital advice too. So I hope you enjoyed again or for the first time.

And that it helps if you're going through some heartache yourself right now. We'll be back next

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I'm Manou Shzumarodi and today we are starting the show with a case of heartbreak.

A patient of mine was admitted to the hospital and weeks prior, her husband had died.

And a couple of weeks after the funeral, she took a look at his picture and all these emotions

came back, flooded back, sadness, the grief over their life together. This is cardiologist

Sandeep Jahar. She developed chest pain and she got short of breath. And by the time she was in

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