| Chronic headache raises depression risk in women | | Posted Thursday, January 11, 2007 3:01:46 PM by Blog57 Team | | NEW YORK (Reuters) -- Chronic headaches, particularly migraines and those that are disabling, in conjunction with severe somatic symptoms --physical symptoms of a psychological origin rather than a physical source -- greatly increase the risk of major depressive disorder in women, according to a report in the medical journal Neurology. "The literature on chronic headaches and depression is fairly robust. A number of studies have shown that headache patients are predisposed to depression," lead author Dr. Gretchen E. Tietjen, from the University of Toledo-Health Science Campus in Ohio, told Reuters. "The novelty of our study was the inclusion of somatic symptoms, which was only previously investigated in one small study." The results suggest that "chronic headache, disabling headache, and severe somatic symptoms work synergistically to increase the risk of depression," Tietjen said.... | |
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| | | Forums to address women's health issues | | Posted Thursday, September 14, 2006 10:58:40 PM by Blog57 Team | | The Samaritan Counseling Center is hosting four forums on women's mental health issues from 7 to 9:15 p.m. on four consecutive Wednesdays beginning Oct. 4 at the center, 202 E. Main St., Endicott. Sessions include: * "Patterns of Healing" on Oct. 4 where Joan Anderson will explore self-care for women and Trish Chastain-Sage will discuss Reiki massage; * "Healing Harmonious Medicine for the Soul" on Oct. 11 with therapeutic harp practitioner Melissa Collins; * "Brain Energy" on Oct. 18 with Jan Fiore, brain gym instructor and practitioner teaching adults to tap into their brain power and Doug Beattie explaining the healing truth of story telling; and * "Healing Through Touch" on Oct. 25 with Nancy Wurtenburg discussing Shiatsu massage and reflexologist Lisa Distin talking about hand massage.... | |
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| | | Obesity: Tougher on Women's Health? | | Posted Friday, August 04, 2006 4:58:41 PM by Blog57 Team | | Compared to men, "women suffer a disproportionate burden of disease attributable to overweight and obesity," write Peter Muennig, MD, MPH, and colleagues in a new study. Muennig works in New York at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health. His study appears in September's American Journal of Public Health. The study used information from two sources: U.S. death data from 1990-1995. A 2000 survey on health and quality of life for more than 13,600 U.S. adults. The health survey included participants' height and weight. Muennig's team used those numbers to calculate BMI (body mass index), which relates height to weight. A BMI of 25 to 29.9 is overweight; a BMI of 30 or more is obese. Gender Gap Being overweight or obese has been tied to a greater risk of health problems, including heart diseaseheart disease, high blood pressurehigh blood pressure, type 2 diabetesdiabetes, and some cancers.... | |
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| | | Low-fat dairy foods may lower women's diabetes risk | | Posted Thursday, July 06, 2006 11:03:42 PM by Blog57 Team | | NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A diet that includes lots of low-fat dairy products may lower the risk of type 2 diabetes in women, new research suggests. Although a series of recent studies suggests that a high level of dairy foods in the diet may lower the risk of being overweight or developing insulin resistance syndrome, studies that have examined the link between these factors and diabetes risk are sparse, Dr. Simin Liu, from the University of California Los Angeles School of Public Health and colleagues note. They therefore looked for the relationship between type 2 diabetes and dietary levels of dairy foods and calcium in 37,183 women in the Women's Health Study. A total of 1,603 women developed diabetes during an average follow-up of 10 years. "The most important finding is that women who consumed more low-fat dairy foods tended to experience a lower risk of type 2 diabetes in a period of 10 years," Liu told Reuters Health.... | |
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