Pay with your life for a younger hubby

Women who marry significantly younger men, or significantly older men, have a shorter life expectancy than women who wed males about their own age, according to new findings by German scientists.

Previous studies showed that men with younger wives live longer. For years, researchers thought that this data was true for both sexes.

They assumed that an effect called "health selection" was in play - those who select younger partners are able to do so because they are healthier and thus already have a higher life expectancy.