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When Partners Get Sick, Women Less Likely to Split
Cementing the stereotypical image of woman as caretaker, a new study shows that a man is seven times more likely than a woman to leave his spouse if she becomes seriously ill.
The study, which included 500 couples coping with illnesses such as cancer or multiple sclerosis (MS), found that of marriages in which the wife was ill, 21 percent ended in divorce while only 3 percent of marriages in which the man was ill ended in divorce. The researchers hypothesized that perhaps men are less able to take on the burdens of maintaining the family and caring for a sick spouse.
All About Anxiety
Everyone deals with stress; it’s just part of life. But when stress overwhelms your ability to function normally, it becomes something more. Anxiety disorder affects approximately 15 million people in the US, and like depression, it comes in varying degrees and with its own set of social stigmas.
You Asked: Can I Use My Dog to Get to My Ex?
Dear Sugar,
I realize that I am supposed to cut off all ties with my ex-boyfriend, but I've broken the rules. We didn't talk for a month and I haven't seen him since we broke up, but I just texted him about my dog, whom he had cared for a great deal. My dog just got diagnosed with cancer, and my ex about this opened the floodgates for communication.
This or That: You Gave Him an STI or He Passed One on to You?
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After a few great weeks spending time together, you and your new guy have decided to take the plunge and become exclusive. Naturally, to celebrate, you get busy but just a few days later, you suddenly have something strange going on downstairs. An emergency trip to the gyno reveals it's an STI.
DearSugar Needs Your Help: My Father-in-Law Is a Permanent Fixture
DearSugar and Need Some Space Stacey need your help. Her ill father-in-law has become a permanent fixture at her house three nights a week, and she's feeling bad about being annoyed. How can she handle the situation delicately?
Dear Poll: Do You Self Diagnose?
We live in a time where all kinds of information is just a few clicks away. The Internet has provided us with a plethora of knowledge and while most of the information is helpful and informative, it can also backfire and cause more bad than good. Sites like Web MD provide answers to all kinds of medical related questions, but sometimes you can self diagnose yourself into an unnecessary frenzy.
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Do Tell: Do You Know Anyone With Mental Illness?
Earlier this week actress Glenn Close spoke up about her sister's bipolar disorder and her family's struggle to understand it. Glenn and her sister Jessie have started a public service campaign hoping to create awareness and acceptance of people with mental illness.
One in four adults deal with a diagnosable mental disorder in the US, and about one in 17 lives with a serious mental illness.
Say What? Glenn Close Speaks Up About Sister's Mental Illness
"We didn't know that it wasn't Jess just being wild, there was something going on there. . .
Tressed to Ill: Amy Winehouse
We've made fun of strange hairdos hair don'ts before in our Tressed to Ill posts, but I don't think we've ever featured a hairstyle that doubled as an accessory to a crime. Most of you have probably already seen this video of the talented but deeply troubled Amy Winehouse fishing something out of her beehive and snorting it — that's the speculation anyway. I've heard of hiding stuff in your bra, but in your teased beehive?
Guess Who Is Dressed to Ill?
You know who the usual suspects are in the parade of the badly dressed. But with only their clothes to give them away, can you guess who is dressed to ill?
Question 1 of 7Guess who looks like she crafted a dress out of a tie-top Hefty trash bag?
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