Bulletproof?

Limb by limb and tooth by tooth
Tearing up inside of me
Every day every hour
I wish that I was bullet proof
-radiohead.

I always liked that song. When I was ill, it was somethign I would play often, although it took my emotions too far sometimes.

Still, I have stumbled on the fact that I might just be, kind of, bulletproof.

"THE RELATIONSHIP between schizophrenia and cancer morbidity and mortality has been a sort of epidemiological puzzle for decades. Several studies have reported conspicuous reductions in the occurrence of malignancies, in particular lung cancer, in schizophrenic patients. Authors have typically commented on the difficulty of explaining such findings considering the widespread tobacco addiction in this population. However, the majority of these earlier studies have been of small size, based on proportionate mortality statistics rather than on incidence, and generally lacking in methodological rigor. Baldwin1 estimated that at least 100 000 person-years of observation would be required to reliably identify any significant association, positive or negative, between schizophrenia and cancer. Among the few studies meeting this requirement, the World Health Organization (WHO) multicenter investigation, based on record linkages across case registers, found significant and consistent decreases in the incidence and mortality of cancer in nearly all sites (standardized incidence ratio, 0.38; 95% . . . [Full Text of this Article]"


Thats right kids, despite being at risk groups, Sz-ics have far lower concer rates than the general population. This is interesting. My Nana was diagnosed with Colon cancer. She never took treatment and was given 6 months to live. That was nearly 20 yeras before she did pass away. I wonder if there was some sor tof a-symptomatic Sz wandering in our gene pool. Noone in my family has ever, to my knowledge, faced cancer, except my nana who beat it without treatment.

So, we can put this in the silver lining column.