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Depression In Cancer Patients Might Be Less Common Than Previously Thought (The Lancet Oncology)
The prevalence of depression among cancer patients might have been previously overestimated, according to a meta-analysis published Online First in The Lancet Oncology. The findings suggest that depression affects around a sixth of cancer patients while about a third have more widely defined mood disorder. However, with a growing number of cancer survivors and depression often undertreated …
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Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Center Receives Breast Imaging Center of Excellence Accreditation by American College of …
DETROIT, Jan. 19, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Center has received the designation of Breast Imaging Center of Excellence and the renewal of a three-year term of accreditation for mammography, breast ultrasound and stereotactic breast biopsy for its breast cancer services in Detroit and at the Karmanos Cancer Center in Farmington Hills. This designation is the …
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Mammograms Spot More than Breast Cancer
(Ivanhoe Newswire) — Routine mammograms used to detect breast cancer could also serve as a means to identify calcifications in the blood vessels of patients with advanced kidney disease, according to a new study. Mammograms show calcium deposits in the breast arteries in nearly two-thirds of women with end-stage renal disease (ESRD). “Breast arterial calcification is a specific and useful …
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Question by Sara: What is worse cancer or a mental disorder such as Schizophrenia?
Cancer: Terminating disease(with few exceptions), you know you are going to die, you are prepared to die, you suffer, your family suffers but you have support and can manage life until you die.

Schizophrenia: hallucinations, paranoia, you think every one is out to get you, can’t function in a normal way, self consciousness, anxiety, depression, its so bad that 40% of people with schizophrenia attempt suicide, it CAN be treated but full recovery is unlikely.

What do u think?

Best answer:

Answer by Sara
Schizophrenia

Truth hurts

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