Being a widow can improve your health

Women who have lost a spouse are much less likely to suffer frailty   Photo:Courtesy

Being a widow can be good for a woman’s health because they suffer less stress after her husband dies, according to new research.

Women who have lost a spouse are much less likely to suffer frailty in their twilight years than peers whose partners are still very much alive. But the same is not the case for men who become more at risk of wasting away once their wives die - possibly because they have become over reliant on them.