BBC NEWS | Health | Optimism ‘no bearing on cancer’
Posted by GruntDoc on October 22nd, 2007
BBC NEWS | Health | Optimism ‘no bearing on cancer’
The power of the mind has been overestimated when it comes to fighting cancer, US scientists say.They said they found that a patient’s positive or negative emotional state had no direct bearing on cancer survival or disease progression.
Interesting.
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October 22nd, 2007 at 1:02 pm
Optimists tend to be easier on the people around them.
Whoever decided to spread the news in this article must be a pessimist.
October 22nd, 2007 at 1:54 pm
Guilty!
October 22nd, 2007 at 9:36 pm
I’ve seen studies that show just the opposite. So…if studies cancel each other out, what now?
October 23rd, 2007 at 9:50 pm
Answer: “You’re doing the right thing.”
Reply: “What right thing?”
Answer: “Whatever you’re doing, it’s the right thing.”