Cancer Patients at Greater Risk of Suicide, Heart Attack

Courtesy TIME: Top Science and Health Stories  Wed, 02/03/2010 - 10:05

Getting a cancer diagnosis is a stressful and shocking experience. But is it stressful enough to increase a patient's risk of suicide and heart attack?


 

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