Thursday, 23 August 2012

44 Percent of Swedish Teens Believe That Cancer is Contagious

A survey conducted by a Swedish charity has found that nearly half of Swedes teens aged between 16 and 20 think that cancer is a contagious disease. Ung Cancer found that 44 percent of young people thought that leukemia could be transmitted via contact with someone's blood. "We didn't think their knowledge would be great but certain figures shocked us," said Ung Cancer's secretary general Julia Mjoernstedt. "For example, only one percent ...

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