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Married people have stronger hands than those who are single

23 January 2019

Among men aged 50 or higher those who are married have a stronger grip than bachelors – and remarried men have the strongest grip of all
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Men more likely to get diabetes if they have overweight wives

23 May 2018

In heterosexual relationships, only men are more likely to get diabetes when their partner has a high BMI – perhaps because of gender roles in the home

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