Published: February 6, 2008
Older women are more prone to depression and are more likely to remain depressed than older men, according to a new study by Yale School of Medicine researchers in the February Archives of General Psychiatry.
The Yale team also found that women were less likely to die while depressed than older men, indicating that women live longer with depression than men. This factor, along with the higher likelihood of women becoming depressed and remaining depressed, collectively contribute to the higher burden of depression among older women.
Major depression affects about one to two percent of older adults living in the community, according to the authors, but as many as 20 percent experience symptoms of depression. It is unclear why symptoms of depression affect older women more than older men. [continue reading…]
Published: January 2, 2008
For many, religious activity changes between childhood and adulthood, and a new study finds this could affect one’s mental health.
According to Temple University’s Joanna Maselko, Sc.D., women who had stopped being religiously active were more than three times more likely to have suffered generalized anxiety and alcohol abuse/dependence than women who reported always having been active. [continue reading…]
Published: November 29, 2007
The joke, “Whatever women do they must do twice as well as men to be thought half as good,” may not be totally off the mark in the workplace.
In a recent study, no matter how they sliced the data and controlled certain variables, sociologists Elizabeth Gorman of the University of Virginia and Julie Kmec of Washington State University, came to the same conclusion: women say they have to work harder than men. [continue reading…]
Published: November 22, 2007
Now you have something to blame besides a headache: German researchers have discovered that after four years of committed bliss, fewer than half of 30-year old women desire sex regularly, whereas-surprise, surprise -men’s sex drives remain constant. The Vancouver based sex therapist Marelize Swart says the study reflects what she sees in her practice, but ” both sexes want the same thong at the end of the day: closeness” To get closer try sharing a new sexual experience, such as using a vibrator. And, of course . taking Tylenol for the headache.
Source:Chatelaine , November 2007
