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Thursday, December 04, 2008

Financial Concerns Top List of Holiday Stressors for Women, Families With Children

As reports about the extent of the recession in the United States are released this week, a new poll from the American Psychological Association (APA) finds that more than eight out of 10 anticipate a stressful holiday season and that the economic crisis is impacting women and families most.

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Posted by Tom Beckman on 12/04 at 03:39 PM
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Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Low cortisol levels found in kids whose mothers show signs of depression

A new study of young children living in extreme poverty found that those whose mothers showed symptoms of depression had low levels of cortisol, a hormone activated during times of stress, compared with children whose mothers did not exhibit depressive symptoms.

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Posted by Tom Beckman on 05/20 at 05:41 PM
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Mother’s Prenatal Stress Predisposes Their Babies To Asthma And Allergy, Study Shows

Women who are stressed during pregnancy may pass some of that frazzlement to their fetuses in the form of increased sensitivity to allergen exposure and possibly future asthma risk.

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Posted by Tom Beckman on 05/20 at 03:22 AM
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Sunday, May 11, 2008

Men are more likely than women to crave alcohol when they feel negative emotions

Women and men tend to have different types of stress-related psychological disorders. Women have greater rates of depression and some types of anxiety disorders than men, while men have greater rates of alcohol-use disorders than women. A new study of emotional and alcohol-craving responses to stress has found that when men become upset, they are more likely than women to want alcohol.

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Posted by Tom Beckman on 05/11 at 06:18 AM
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Tuesday, May 06, 2008

Anxiety, Mood Disorders Put Cancer Patients At Risk For PTSD

Breast cancer patients who have a prior history of mood and anxiety disorders are at a much higher risk of experiencing posttraumatic stress disorder following their diagnosis, new research suggests. A study of 74 breast cancer patients at the Ohio State University Medical Center found that 16 percent of them (12 women) suffered from PTSD 18 months after diagnosis.

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Posted by Tom Beckman on 05/06 at 02:16 AM
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Monday, March 24, 2008

Happily Marrieds Have Lower Blood Pressure Than Social Singles

Happily married adults have lower blood pressure than singles with supportive social networks. Both men and women in happy marriages scored four points lower on 24-hour blood pressure than single adults. Having supportive friends did not translate into improved blood pressure for singles or unhappily marrieds.

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Posted by Tom Beckman on 03/24 at 06:08 AM
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Treating Wife’s Stress May Be Indirect Care For Men With Prostate Cancer

When a couple is dealing with cancer, a partner’s psychological distress might drag down the well-being of either person, according to a new study of 168 married couples.

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Posted by Tom Beckman on 03/24 at 05:56 AM
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Wednesday, February 20, 2008

Intervention Program Boosts Health, Reduces Symptoms in Breast Cancer Patients

Psychological interventions for cancer patients do more than just ease emotional distress – they directly improve health, new research suggests. A study of 227 breast cancer patients found that those who participated in a psychological intervention program were rated as having better health by a research nurse a full year after the program started.

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Posted by Tom Beckman on 02/20 at 04:02 AM
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Saturday, February 16, 2008

Stress May Increase a Woman’s Risk of Developing Cervical Cancer

A woman’s daily stress can reduce her ability to fight off a common sexually transmitted disease and increase her risk of developing the cancer it can cause, according to a new study. No such association is seen, however, between past major life events, such as divorce or job loss, and the body’s response to the infection.

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Posted by Tom Beckman on 02/16 at 05:16 PM
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Thursday, January 17, 2008

Marry Me

Decades of data collection have shown that marriage--for all its challenges--is like a health-insurance policy. A 2006 paper that tracked mortality over an eight-year period found that people who never married were 58% likelier to die during that time than married folks were.

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Posted by Tom Beckman on 01/17 at 03:46 PM
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Wednesday, January 16, 2008

Mothers’ stress may increase children’s asthma

Children whose mothers are chronically stressed during their early years have a higher asthma rate than their peers, regardless of their income, gender or other known asthma risk factors.

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Posted by Tom Beckman on 01/16 at 05:41 AM
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Saturday, January 12, 2008

Obesity, Depression Often Coexist in Middle-Aged Women

Middle-aged women are much more likely to be depressed if they are obese, and vice versa, a new study finds. Rising excess weight goes along with less physical activity, higher calorie intake — and depression — according to the research. What is the reason? Depression and obesity likely fuel one another, said lead author Gregory Simon, M.D. “When people gain weight, they’re more likely to become depressed, and when they get depressed, they have more trouble losing weight,” said Simon, a psychiatrist and researcher at Group Health Cooperative in Seattle.

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Posted by Tom Beckman on 01/12 at 04:15 AM
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Tuesday, January 01, 2008

For women, marital distress means less relief from stress

That’s the suggestion from a new UCLA study that tracked levels of cortisol, a key stress hormone, among 30 Los Angeles married couples involved in one of our age’s trickiest juggling acts — raising kids when both parents work full time.

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Posted by Tom Beckman on 01/01 at 04:10 AM
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Monday, December 10, 2007

Osteoporosis ‘link to depression’

Depression may increase the risk of the bone disorder osteoporosis in premenopausal women, a study suggests.  A US study found 17% of depressed women but just 2% of those not depressed, had thinner bone in a part of the hip. It found depressed women had overactive immune systems, making too many chemicals that promote inflammation including one that promotes bone loss.

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Posted by Tom Beckman on 12/10 at 04:23 AM
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Wednesday, November 07, 2007

Is Chronic Stress Affecting Your Fertility?

Nonstop pressure and chronic stress may have a significant affect on fertility and may prevent some women from getting pregnant, according to experts.

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Posted by Tom Beckman on 11/07 at 07:49 AM
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