It’s official: Being nagged to death by the wife can help save a man’s life

FORGET all those tired old jokes about nagging wives. In fact, being “nagged to death” could save your life.

It’s official: Being nagged to death by the wife can help save a man’s life

Scientists in Norway have found that bachelors are twice as likely to develop cancer than their married counterparts because wives tend to pester their husbands to attend a doctor when illness strikes.

The researchers also found that married middle- aged men diagnosed with cancer have a far greater chance of survival than those who never married.

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