[RSteyn]

This isn't news. Men with a loving spouse are healthier than single men. The interesting part is that there is no effect the other way, no health advantage--married women aren't healthier than single women.

[ctdonath2]

A wife gives a man something to live for.

Single, a man seeks something to die for.

(Sounds extreme, and yes harshly put. A man needs a cause - a great, life-defining cause. Without someone relying on him living, there is little else but 'causes' which lead to self-destruction.)

[unixfox]

The interesting part is that there is no effect the other way, no health advantage--married women aren't healthier than single women.

No, but most of them are fatter .

Running for cover...

[Wonder Warthog]

"The interesting part is that there is no effect the other way, no health advantage--married women aren't healthier than single women."

Actually, I suspect that there "is" such an effect, but that it is smaller than the added danger from child-bearing. I'd guess that once the population of "unmarried mothers" gets large enough, the statisticians will be able to identify the effect.