I don’t mind living longer in exchange for being a virus host.
“Man flu is not a myth, claim scientists, who found men suffer more because they invest in their spirit of adventure at the expense of their immune system.
“Men’s ability to turn a sniffle into flu and a headache into a migraine has long been a source of irritation to wives and girlfriends.
“But the new research suggests that they are not faking it and that they suffer diseases more seriously and for longer.
“Scientists believe it is the male predilection for a “live fast, die young” lifestyle that means in evolutionary terms they have failed to build up their immune systems like females.
“That means that they not only catch more diseases but they tend to suffer more seriously, and for longer, from them.”
Read more at The Telegraph
