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This is a repost of an earlier Trivia question from 6/2013 with an updated photo:
Thought for the Day: Yesterday, I talked about superheroes & how to change the world. Today, Tuesday's Psychology Trivia Question asks whether people are selfish or cooperative by nature. What do you think? With so much strife, crime & greed in the news, do you think human beings are innately selfish? When given the choice to act in one's own interest or to help others, which do people choose? Read on for the answer...
Thought for the Day: It's Thursday & time for the answer to Tuesday's Psychological Trivia question:
True or False:
Friendships can make cancer become less deadly.
The answer is true. Friendships are the secret weapon in fighting cancer (& other serious illnesses.).Research indicates that having strong social supports can improve the prognosis of cancer patients. Researcher has (1) found that “Social well-being in the
first year after cancer diagnosis is a significant prognostic factor for
breast cancer recurrence or mortality." They suggest that maintaining or enhancing social support for women soon
after their breast cancer diagnosis is a way to improve outcomes. It has also been found to improve recovery from ovarian cancer (2), strokes (3), & colorectal cancer in men (4). (Other studies report similar benefits of friendships for patients following cardiac arrests, preventing memory loss & with depression.) Given these findings, it is important to find ways to make & nurture friendships to help improve the outcomes of serious illnesses. Having a network of friends is like an insurance policy for the challenges that life puts in our path. Tomorrow on Friday's Fabulous Finds & next week we will continue to look at both the importance of friendships & how to build them. A few of the finds relate to ways to this topic. Have a great end ot the week!
If you would like to read more about how friendships & social support can help fight cancer & other serious illnesses, here are a few articles:
1) Breast cancer: Social Support May Improve Breast Cancer Outcomes form the
Journal of Clinical Oncology They found that, "Social well-being at six months after diagnosis was
linked with both survival and risk of recurrence. Women with the highest
level of social well-being had a 38% reduction in risk of death and a
48% reduction in risk of recurrence. The aspects of social well-being
that appeared to provide the most benefit were marriage and family,
social support, and interpersonal relationships."
2) Ovarian Cancer A study finds social support and other behavioral factors are
related to levels of a circulating protein which at high levels is
associated with a poor prognosis in advanced ovarian cancer.
3) Stroke "Social support had no effects on rehabilitation of light clinical neural
functional default of patients with stroke(P>0.05), but it had
effects on rehabilitation of moderate and severe clinical neural
functional default of patients with stroke"
4) Harvard Cancer study Low social support was associated with higher risk of both colorectal cancer incidence and mortality in men.
