2nd July: A study shows that a woman who suffers from cancer or sclerosis is six times more likely to be separated or divorced than if a man in the relationship is diagnosed with a disease. This type of gender discrimination is known as ‘partner abandonment’. The study also found that the longer the marriage the more likely it would remain intact. The study confirmed earlier research that put the overall divorce or separation rate among cancer patients at 11.6 percent, similar to the population as a whole. However, researchers were surprised by the difference in separation and divorce rates by gender. The rate when the woman was the patient was 20.8 percent as compared to 2.9 percent when the man was the patient. Over 160,000 Covid-19 cases were reported every day last week: WHO “Female gender was the strongest predictor of separation or divorce in each of the patient groups we studied,” said Marc Chamberlain, M.D., a co-corresponding author, and director of the neuro-oncology program at the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance (SCCA). Chamberlain is also a professor of neurology and neurosurgery at the University of Washington School of Medicine. The study, “Gender Disparity in the Rate of Partner Abandonment … Continue reading Female patients more likely to get divorced