Why Do We Connect Love With The Heart? Make an Appointment Ask a Question Search Conditions Cardiologist Andrew Freeman, MD, explains the connection between love and the heart, and how spending time with loved ones, including pets, can improve your heart health. Related Videos 3 Keys to a Healthy Heart Heart Attack Symptoms in Women What is Chest Pain? 4 Ways to Prevent Heart Disease What Is a Heart Murmur? What Causes a Heart Attack? Symptoms of a Weak Heart Breath Test or Heart Rate? Angina = Heart Attack How to Prevent a Heart Attack when Shoveling Snow How to Lower Blood Pressure with Simple Changes Ask a National Jewish Health Cardiologist if You Should Exercise in Bad Weather Intensive Cardiac Rehab Has Amazing Outcomes Does Cold Weather Exercising Burn More Calories? 4 Simple Ways to Be the Healthiest You How to Eat Healthy During the Holidays Lifestyle Medicine: Improve Health, Food, Sleep, Exercise & Stress Management What Has Love Got to Do with Your Health? Walking Is Nature’s Best Medicine Walk With A Doc Transforms Lives Truth: You Can Reverse Heart Disease, Derrick Did How to Be Heart-Healthy All Day Long Transcript: Most heart doctors never talk about love. Why is love associated with the heart? Love and the heart go hand in hand. Data suggests people who have supportive connections in life - a spouse, a family member, or even a dog - they do better. They have fewer heart attacks. They survive heart attacks better. Believe it or not, there is an emerging field of science showing the heart-love connection. Studies have shown that being with the one you love can lower blood pressure. Want to use this on your website? Fill out the content usage request form and then copy this code: