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- June 24, 2017 at 3:59 pm
We're here! The end of my ASCO review for this year. I thought it fitting, and important, to end on this note:
I wish you all my best. Until next year….'Thank God and greyhound she's gone!!!!! ' c
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- June 24, 2017 at 6:58 pm
A girl's gotta have fun!
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- June 25, 2017 at 7:44 am
Thank you Celeste. You are a gem.
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- June 28, 2017 at 3:02 am
I don't understand if this is a typo or Im reading it wrong: "In particular, high BDI predicted higher mortality (Wald = 11.6, p < .001); surprisingly, after controlling for BDI and other effects, high loneliness predicted lower mortality (Wald = 7, p = .008)."
Isn't that a *LOWER*??
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- June 28, 2017 at 6:18 pm
Yes, as I noted in my report. When you control for depression (categorized as BDI in the study)…loneliness in and of itself came out with lower mortalitiy. So…while I don't think it is that easy to tease out loneliness from depression….it was the conclusion here that while loneliness is miserable (and I suspect contributes ultimately to depression) depression was much more deadly. Therefore, I really encourage cancer peeps and/or their caregivers who feel they are dealing with depression to talk to their friends, family and their docs in order to get the help they need!!! celeste
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