Being too happy can hurt your heart

We have always been told to be happy because it will do you good, but a recent study has found that happiness can have a negative impact on people, even resulting in heart failure.

The broken heart syndrome or Takotsubo syndrome is caused by the heart's reaction to a surge of stress hormones resulting in the temporary weakening of the heart's main pumping chamber.

Although the syndrome is usually caused by pain, a new study has found that it can occur in certain individuals when they are too happy.

Study co-author Dr. Jelena Ghadri told reporters "that happy and sad life events may share similar emotional pathways that can ultimately cause [takotsubo syndrome]".

The study, which is published in the European Heart Journal, was done on 1,750 patients who suffered from Takotsubo and found that four percent of the patients developed the condition after a happy event. The average age of the four percent was 71.

In the video below, Bob Adams experienced a heart attack 15 minutes before walking down the aisle, but luckily for him, his wedding still went on, but it happened in the Emergency Room. Talk about love conquering all.

In other news, World Happiness Index has released the 2016 list of the happiest countries.

Denmark was ranked first, South Africa came out 113th, while the least happy country is Burundi at number 157.