Dr. Nicholas Christakis Quotes
What it means to me is that people are interconnected, and so their health is interconnected, and in really real ways, there can be a kind of spread of disease between people. 
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The timing of such interventions might be matched to the riskiest times for caregivers, for example, just after the hospitalization of the spouse.
- Dr. Nicholas Christakis
When a spouse is hospitalized, the partner's risk of death increases significantly and remains elevated for up to two years. Stress and lack of social support may also adversely affect immunologic measures, so spousal hospitalization may have physiological effects on partners.
- Dr. Nicholas Christakis