Dying from a “broken heart” may sound dramatic—but it's very much a real thing. If you’ve ever experienced a heartbreak so great that it causes your heart physical excruciating pain, you may actually be experiencing what doctors call broken heart syndrome.

The condition has been studied for years with no real conclusive findings about what can be done to treat it. But now, researchers may have new findings that get us one step closer to finding a cure.

What is broken heart syndrome?

Broken heart syndrome, which is more formally known as takotsubo cardiomyopathy , occurs when the heart muscle weakens temporarily and causes similar serious health concerns to those of a heart attack. The term was first coined in Japan, where doctors found that part of the heart that balloons is sim

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