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Not GP, but smart phones and social media lead to people having less real-world contact, fewer deep connections to others, less sex, ... which then leads to dep
by dmichulke 2y ago
Not GP, but smart phones and social media lead to people having less real-world contact, fewer deep connections to others, less sex, ... which then leads to depression, anxiety, and "metaphysical despair"
I suppose that's what GP meant.
- XorNot 2y agoLiterally none of those things cause cancer. In fact they would all reduce the incidence of cancer, because cancer rates can only rise if detection does. In the US healthcare system, this is even more unlikely if one is withdrawn from society - you can have cancer a long time before you'll think something is "wrong".
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- ifyoubuildit 2y agoWhy are you so confident that depression and anxiety don't cause cancer? Even if they didnt cause it directly, there is a whole raft of associated drugs that could absolutely cause cancer. It's not like this is a thing a trial would always catch (for exactly the reason you point out).
- XorNot 2y agoBecause depression rates and health effects are highly studied, and no one has found a correlation to cancer?[1] [1] https://www.webmd.com/cancer/news/20230811/analysis-depression-anxiety-do-not-increase-the-risk-of-cancer https://www.webmd.com/cancer/news/20230811/analysis-depressi...