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Does social support only help breast cancer patients?
Decades of research show wide-ranging benefits of social support.
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Candyce Kroenke, ScD., MPH. The effects of social support influence patients beyond those who have breast cancer. Everything from cardiovascular disease to cognitive issues to other kinds of cancer.
David Spiegel, MD. It can be beneficial to anyone with cancer or other life-threatening illness to help them deal with these existential concerns and just how they deal with their medical care and their symptoms.
Dianne Shumay, PhD. The research over three decades has shown that the presence of social support in your life is protective against almost any morbidity and mortality cause that a human can experience.
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