Green Tea Can Prevent Artery Rupture

                Drinking green tea may prevent a deadly condition in which the body’s main artery becomes overstretched and bloated. Researchers found that abdominal aortic aneurysm developed less frequently in rats that drank polyphenol, a major component of green tea. Without treatment, abdominal aortic aneurysms rupture and lead to death 50% of the time. This condition often goes unnoticed because there are no symptoms until they burst. Polyphenol regenerates elastin, a protein that gives the artery its stretchy texture. Considering this disease is caused by inflammation and degradation of elastin components in arterial well, researchers thought drinking green tea may show promise.

Women Are Genetically Programmed to Have Affairs

                Women are predisposed by their genetics to have affairs as “back-up plans” if their relationships fail. Scientists say they are challenging the assumption that humans have evolved to have monogamous relationships. The team’s research has put forward the “mate-switching-hypothesis” which says humans have evolved to keep testing their relationships and looking for better long term options. Lifelong monogamy does not characterize the primary mating patterns of humans. Breaking up with one partner and mating with another may more accurately characterize the common, perhaps the primary, mating strategy of humans. For our distant ancestors looking for a more suitable partner was necessary. Despite anecdotal claims about cheating, no study has shown that humans are predisposed to monogamy or non-monogamy. A study carried out by researchers, looking into infidelity found a correlation between the length of an individual’s ring finger and the likelihood that they would cheat on a partner. However, they stressed that they could not find a causal link.