In the least shocking news of the day, a new study has demonstrated that being married is protective against cancer.
Admittedly, I didn’t know this specific fact about cancer, but both experience and lots of data has shown (contra yesterday’s New York Post) that social connections, and specifically marriage, are good for your health and well-being.
Truly *astonishing* research on marriage & cancer:
For “prostate, breast, colorectal, esophageal, and head/neck cancers, the survival benefit associated with marriage was larger than the published survival benefit of chemotherapy.”https://t.co/4DHxEHfxwq pic.twitter.com/v6E3kcfRuR
— Brad Wilcox (@BradWilcoxIFS) May 28, 2024
But a new study out of Harvard and other prestigious institutions demonstrates that there is a significant protective effect against both getting cancer and survival rates if you do contract it.
Married…
