�Feelings of happiness and optimism play a confirming role against breast crab. Research published in the open access journal BMC Cancer suggests that while staying cocksure has a protective role, adverse life events such as the loss of a parent or close relative, disassociate or the loss of a mate can increase a woman's risk of developing the disease.
Ronit Peled from the Faculty of Health Sciences at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel, lED a team of researchers who questioned 255 women with breast cancer and 367 healthy controls close to their life experiences and evaluated their levels of happiness, optimism, anxiety and depression prior to diagnosis. Peled aforementioned, "Young women who have got been uncovered to a number of negative life events should be considered an 'at-risk' group for breast cancer and should be treated accordingly".
The researchers do point out that women were interviewed later on their diagnosis, which may colour their recall of their past emotional state somewhat negatively. However, according to Peled, "We tin carefully say that experiencing more than one spartan and/or mild to moderate life event is a risk factor for breast cancer among young women. On the other hand, a ecumenical feeling of happiness and optimism tail end play a protective role".
The authors point out that, "The mechanics in which the central nervous, hormonal and immune systems interact and how behaviour and external events modulate these three systems is non fully tacit". As such, they suggest that "The relationship between happiness and health should be examined in future studies and relevant contraceptive initiatives should be developed".
1. Breast cancer , psychological distress and life events among lester Willis Young women.
Ronit Peled, Devora Carmil, Orly Siboni-Samocha and Ilana Shoham-Vardi
BMC Cancer (in press)
Article available at the journal website:http://www.biomedcentral.com/bmccancer/
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Source: Graeme Baldwin
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