The Vanishing Men: Yours In Health But Not In Sickness

Send us Fan Mail They stand at the altar, promising “in sickness and in health.” It’s a cornerstone of the vows, a seemingly unbreakable pact forged in the heat of emotion and the hopeful glow of the future. But what happens when sickness truly arrives, uninvited and relentless? What becomes of that promise, especially when it’s the woman who falls ill? A sobering study, “Gender disparity in the rate of partner abandonment in patients with serious medical illness,” published in Cancerand high...