Half of Britons mistakenly believe stress causes cancer

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Half of Britons mistakenly think that stress can cause cancer, even though there is no evidence to support that belief, new findings show.

In a survey of the public’s knowledge of what does and does not cause cancer, exactly 50% of the representative sample of 2,070 adults said that stress increases cancer risk.

Continue reading... March 07, 2018 at 05:31AM