NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) – Women are six times more likely to end up separated or divorced if they are diagnosed with cancer or multiple sclerosis than if their male partners were facing the same illness, according to a US study. …
Read Original Story: Men more likely than women to leave partner with cancer – Reuters
New research reveals, while a diagnosis of cancer or multiple sclerosis is bound to strain any relationship, but if a woman is diagnosed with a life-threatening illness, whether husband or partner, the man in her life is six times more likely to desert …
Read Original Story: Men More Likely To Leave Partner With Cancer – Visit Bulgaria
A cancer diagnosis can strain any relationship. But when a woman gets news of a life-threatening illness, her husband is six times more likely to leave her than if the tables were turned and the man got the bad news, according to new …
Read Original Story: Men more likely to leave spouse who has cancer – msnbc.com
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 11 (HealthDay News) — Cancer can put an enormous strain on a marriage, and couples are much more likely to fall apart if the woman is the patient. In fact, the odds of separation or divorce are six times higher compared to when the man …
Read Original Story: Cancer Can Strain Marriages to Breaking Point – Atlanta Journal Constitution
When Seattle oncologist Dr. Marc Chamberlain was treating his brain cancer patients, he noticed an alarming pattern. His male patients were typically receiving much needed support from their wives. But a number of his female …
Read Original Story: Divorce Risk Higher When Illness Strikes Wife – New York Times
ScienceDaily (Nov. 10, 2009) — A woman is six times more likely to be separated or divorced soon after a diagnosis of cancer or multiple sclerosis than if a man in the relationship is the patient, according to a study that examined the role gender …
Read Original Story: Men Leave: Separation And Divorce Far More Common When The Wife Is The Patient – Science Daily (press release)
By PostGlobe staff Men are more likely to divorce a spouse diagnosed with cancer than are women, according to a study of partner abandonment co-authored by a Seattle cancer specialist. Researchers were surprised that when a woman was the cancer patient …
Read Original Story: Men more likely to leave than women after cancer diagnosis – Seattle Post Global
Seattle, WA (AHN) – Men are much more likely to leave a relationship when their wives are diagnosed with a serious illness like cancer or multiple sclerosis, according to a new study. The study, by researchers at the University of Washington School of …
Read Original Story: Study: Men More Likely To Leave When Spouse Is Sick – AHN
The Nov. 15 issue of Cancer includes a paper with some rather grim findings on how life-threatening illnesses can affect relationships. Researchers studied 515 married patients with cancer or multiple sclerosis, and found that female …
Read Original Story: Female cancer patients more likely to get divorce than male patients – Scope (blog)
Men are more likely to leavewomen diagnosed with cancer according to a new analysis. Though divorce rates were found to be the same among cancer patients, researchers were surprised to find that men leavewomen more often compared to when a man is the …
Read Original Story: Men more likely to leave when cancer strikes partner – eMaxHealth
