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They stand at the altar, promising “in sickness and in health.” It’s a cornerstone of the vows, a seemingly unbreakable pact forged in the heat of emotion and the hopeful glow of the future. But what happens when sickness truly arrives, uninvited and relentless? What becomes of that promise, especially when it’s the woman who falls ill?
A sobering study, “Gender disparity in the rate of partner abandonment in patients with serious medical illness,” published in Cancerand highlighted in one of your sources, throws a harsh light on the fragility of these vows, revealing a stark and unsettling truth: when serious illness strikes, women are far more likely to find themselves alone than men. The researchers prospectively identified over 500 married patients with malignant brain tumors, solid tumors, or multiple sclerosis. What they discovered wasn't just a rate of divorce and separation within this vulnerable population (around 11.6%, similar to general statistics). It was the staggering asymmetry of that abandonment.
Prepare yourself for this gut punch: women with serious medical illnesses were over six times more likely to be divorced or separated than men with similar conditions (20.8% vs. 2.9%; P < .001). Let that sink in. In nearly 90% of the separations, the affected partner was the woman. This wasn't isolated to one type of illness; it was a consistent trend across brain tumors, general cancers, and multiple sclerosis. Female gender, the study concluded, was the strongest predictor of separation or divorce in each cohort. ... continue reading the artic
This is Heliox: Where Evidence Meets Empathy
Independent, moderated, timely, deep, gentle, clinical, global, and community conversations about things that matter. Breathe Easy, we go deep and lightly surface the big ideas.
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Four recurring narratives underlie every episode: boundary dissolution, adaptive complexity, embodied knowledge, and quantum-like uncertainty. These aren’t just philosophical musings but frameworks for understanding our modern world.
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Curated, independent, moderated, timely, deep, gentle, evidenced-based, clinical & community information regarding COVID-19. Since 2017, it has focused on Covid since Feb 2020, with Multiple Stores per day, hence a large searchable base of stories to date. More than 4000 stories on COVID-19 alone. Hundreds of stories on Climate Change.
Zoomers of the Sunshine Coast is a news organization with the advantages of deeply rooted connections within our local community, combined with a provincial, national and global following and exposure. In written form, audio, and video, we provide evidence-based and referenced stories interspersed with curated commentary, satire and humour. We reference where our stories come from and who wrote, published, and even inspired them. Using a social media platform means we have a much higher degree of interaction with our readers than conventional media and provides a significant amplification effect, positively. We expect the same courtesy of other media referencing our stories.
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They stand at the altar, promising “in sickness and in health.” It’s a cornerstone of the vows, a seemingly unbreakable pact forged in the heat of emotion and the hopeful glow of the future. But what happens when sickness truly arrives, uninvited and relentless? What becomes of that promise, especially when it’s the woman who falls ill?
A sobering study, “Gender disparity in the rate of partner abandonment in patients with serious medical illness,” published in Cancerand highlighted in one of your sources, throws a harsh light on the fragility of these vows, revealing a stark and unsettling truth: when serious illness strikes, women are far more likely to find themselves alone than men. The researchers prospectively identified over 500 married patients with malignant brain tumors, solid tumors, or multiple sclerosis. What they discovered wasn't just a rate of divorce and separation within this vulnerable population (around 11.6%, similar to general statistics). It was the staggering asymmetry of that abandonment.
Prepare yourself for this gut punch: women with serious medical illnesses were over six times more likely to be divorced or separated than men with similar conditions (20.8% vs. 2.9%; P < .001). Let that sink in. In nearly 90% of the separations, the affected partner was the woman. This wasn't isolated to one type of illness; it was a consistent trend across brain tumors, general cancers, and multiple sclerosis. Female gender, the study concluded, was the strongest predictor of separation or divorce in each cohort. ... continue reading the artic
This is Heliox: Where Evidence Meets Empathy
Independent, moderated, timely, deep, gentle, clinical, global, and community conversations about things that matter. Breathe Easy, we go deep and lightly surface the big ideas.
Thanks for listening today!
Four recurring narratives underlie every episode: boundary dissolution, adaptive complexity, embodied knowledge, and quantum-like uncertainty. These aren’t just philosophical musings but frameworks for understanding our modern world.
We hope you continue exploring our other podcasts, responding to the content, and checking out our related articles on the Heliox Podcast on Substack.
Support the show
About SCZoomers:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1632045180447285
https://x.com/SCZoomers
https://mstdn.ca/@SCZoomers
https://bsky.app/profile/safety.bsky.app
Spoken word, short and sweet, with rhythm and a catchy beat.
http://tinyurl.com/stonefolksongs
Curated, independent, moderated, timely, deep, gentle, evidenced-based, clinical & community information regarding COVID-19. Since 2017, it has focused on Covid since Feb 2020, with Multiple Stores per day, hence a large searchable base of stories to date. More than 4000 stories on COVID-19 alone. Hundreds of stories on Climate Change.
Zoomers of the Sunshine Coast is a news organization with the advantages of deeply rooted connections within our local community, combined with a provincial, national and global following and exposure. In written form, audio, and video, we provide evidence-based and referenced stories interspersed with curated commentary, satire and humour. We reference where our stories come from and who wrote, published, and even inspired them. Using a social media platform means we have a much higher degree of interaction with our readers than conventional media and provides a significant amplification effect, positively. We expect the same courtesy of other media referencing our stories.