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“The quality of your relationships matters more than quantity when it comes to depression,” says Dr. Alan Teo, a psychiatrist at the University of Michigan who led the study. And quality counts the most with a spouse or partner, Teo and his colleagues found. People with unsupportive, critical spouses were much more likely to suffer major depression, while people without a mate saw no higher risk. (via Mate Doesn’t Have Your Back? That Boosts Depression Risk : Shots - Health News : NPR)

Being married can make a big difference in how long people survive after undergoing treatment for lung cancer, a study has found. Researchers studied 168 patients with locally advanced lung cancer, who were treated with chemotherapy and radiation over a 10-year-period, from January 2000 and December 2010. They found that 33 per cent of married patients were still alive after three years compared to 10 percent of the single patients, with women faring better than men. Married women had the best three-year survival rate (46 per cent), and single men had the worst rate (3 per cent). Single women and married men had the same survival rate. White married patients had a better survival rate than married African-Americans. (via Lung cancer: married patients are more likely to survive after treatment | Mail Online)

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