When your heart hurts and breaks, literally

Broken Heart Syndrome can be easily resolved without any permanent damage (Photo: Shutterstock)

When her mother died, Tabitha Lati was so worried about her dad that her personal grief took a backseat. “Mum was dad’s whole world, and my siblings and I knew that if we wanted him around for a long time, we had to do something. I moved back home to take care of him.”

But the old man would soon begin experiencing heart flutters and chest pains, and in two months, he was gone.