Polygamy has a big downside
30 April 2015 - 08:56
Men with multiple wives have four times the risk of heart disease, a new study has found. Researchers said the study suggested that the stress of running multiple households and the "emotional expense" of polygamy strained the heart.Research on 687 men in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates found that the risks of heart disease increased with each extra wife.
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