X-Message-Number: 23412
Date: Mon, 09 Feb 2004 12:21:14 -0800
From: James Swayze <>
Subject: Optimism No Help Vs. Cancer, Study Says

Optimism No Help Vs. Cancer, Study Says
Mon Feb 9, 5:02 AM   
By DANIEL YEE, Associated Press Writer

ATLANTA - A positive attitude does not improve the chances of surviving 
cancer and doctors who encourage patients to keep up hope may be 
burdening them, according to the results of research released Monday.

Optimism made no difference in the fate of most of the 179 cancer 
patients that Australian researchers followed over five years. Only 
eight people were still living by the time the study ended in 
2001.[cont. 


http://www.comcast.net/News/HEALTHWELLNESS//XML/1500_Health__medical/84e2bd4f-c0bf-4360-9743-8d469e157f03.html]

That would seem to include then the alleged help from prayer and pseudo 
prayer or positive affirmation from others around he one afflicted. We 
are terrible natural statisticians. We never count the bad when hoping 
for good and so make up false hope belief systems.

James

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