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 is the one with the illness, a new study shows.
The researchers did find that couples that have been married longer are more likely to survive the difficulties of dealing with cancer. Read More





WEDNESDAY, Nov. 11 (HealthDay News) — Eating a Westernized diet with lots of sugar and carbohydrates caused almost instantaneous changes in the gut flora of mice — changes that caused the mice to become
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 11 (HealthDay News) — To get down to a healthy weight,
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 11 (HealthDay News) — Most of the
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 11 (HealthDay News) — The tragedy last week at Fort Hood, Texas, where an Army psychiatrist anticipating active duty has been blamed for killing 13 people and wounding 29 others in a shooting rampage, has sharpened the nation’s focus not just on the conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq, but also on another casualty of war: soldiers’ mental health.
TUESDAY, Nov. 10 (HealthDay News) — Exposure to several common pathogens may increase the risk of having a
TUESDAY, Nov. 10 (HealthDay News) — New research on cancer patients adds to the controversy surrounding
TUESDAY, Nov. 10 (HealthDay News) — Taking
TUESDAY, Nov. 10 (HealthDay News) — While there are plenty of good reasons to avoid
MONDAY, Nov. 9 (HealthDay News) — Family doctors are now taking more time consulting with adult patients, seeing them more often and improving the