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2024-07-04 17:37:45 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 87DED19B2E75D4F066892FE6091DA591CE1BD2FB7B606FC91A34BEDBC2E7B8D8
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Systematic reviews have found that "cancer is associated with a tendency to a slightly DECREASED divorce rate" https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8959852/ The mistaken belief that husbands are more likely to divorce their wives when they have cancer was widely spread in 2015, but the source was a coding error. https://retractionwatch.com/2015/07/21/to-our-horror-widely-reported-study-suggesting-divorce-is-more-likely-when-wives-fall-ill-gets-axed/
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