Brad Wilcox
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But in general, what we see in the research is that on a whole bunch of different fronts, people, generally speaking, especially men, are healthier when they're married.
But there's even new research that just came out about a month and a half ago showing that when it comes to getting cancer, both men and actually especially women who are married are less likely to, at big levels, like I think 58% less likely to get cancer.
And so I think the story there is that when you are married, you typically are drinking less, you're using drugs less.
That's a big factor.
You're also less likely to be getting STDs and STDs actually are a major cause today of cancer.
So that's also a factor.
And we also know too that women who are having kids are also less likely to develop certain kinds of cancer too as well.
So
There's just a way in which kind of embracing marriage, especially embracing a good marriage and being a good spouse to your husband or wife, redounds to the benefit of people's health.
And I've got one personal story here.
My father-in-law had cancer and went to the UVA hospital.
and had extensive surgery.
Things didn't go very well in the first round of surgery.
And my mother-in-law was just, she was on those nurses and doctors, like you wouldn't believe, kind of asking them questions, making sure he was getting the best care and everything else.
He went in for another round of treatment at the hospital and came out successfully and he's doing incredibly well right now.
And I would attribute
a lot of his success in these two rounds of treatment at the UVA hospital to the kind of diligent care that his wife gave him.
Total.
And we know that sort of the protective effects vis-a-vis cancer, when it comes to marriage, don't just extend to not getting it.
Also, we know that people who are married are way more likely to recover from cancer as well.
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