Word: syme
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...strongest prognosticators of cancer, mental illness and suicide, she found, was "lack of closeness to parents" and a negative attitude toward one's family. A 1978 study of 7,000 people in Alameda County, Calif., confirmed the importance of social support. Epidemiologist Leonard Syme of Berkeley, Calif., who conducted the study, found that even after adjusting for such factors as smoking and histories of major illnesses, people with few close contacts were dying two to three times faster than those who regularly turned to their friends...