Women really hormones influence mood?

In the last fifteen years in the field of endocrinology great deal of evidence that the loss of estrogen is generally occurring during the menstrual cycle is bringing about changes for women at increased risk for mood, anxiety and greed that has produced disease. Given the prevalence of these diseases in women, we are fortunate to have a better understanding of them.

Women are more than twice as oftenbecome depressed. Research shows that they also suffer more from fear. To develop more phobias. It ‘the same relationship of agoraphobia: almost 8% of women are agoraphobic, compared to only 3% of men. Most succumb to traumatic stress syndrome. Seventy percent of people with social phobia are women. What could be happening here?

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Health Problems Of Women Over 40:

It is a very vital timing for women when she appears at the age of 40. Various health problems switch on at this age. Heart diseases, breast cancer, osteoporosis, osteoarthritis, depression, insomnia, fatigue, obesity, diabetes, various types of mental and physical diseases are very common at this age. The main cause of these diseases is decline ofestrogen hormone in body. This female hormone regulates almost all part and organs of a woman’s body.Various health problems switch on at this age. Heart diseases, breast cancer, osteoporosis, osteoarthritis, depression, insomnia, fatigue, obesity, diabetes, various types of mental and physical diseases are very common at this age. The main cause of these diseases is decline of estrogen hormone in body. This female hormone regulates almost all part and organs of a woman’s body.

The greatest risk of a woman who has approached 40 is heart related ailments. The hormoneestrogen protects from risks related to heart disease. From the 40′s the secretion of estrogendecreases and women comes under great risk. The risk declines by the age of 60. Chest pain, nausea, vomiting, shoulder ache, shortness of breath are few symptoms of heart disease. Excessive smoking and addiction to alcohol, heredity, diabetes, obesity, blood pressure, high cholesterol, and physical inactiveness are reasons behind the illness. A well balanced low fat diet and regular exercise is essential to remain fit.

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                                                                                 by Lawrence Broxmeyer, MD

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The Vitamin D Conference just finished in Victoria was nothing short of spectacular. On the bus into Victoria, I met a representative from the National Cancer Institute whose job was simple: her bosses at the NIH wanted to know if they should fund the flood of grant requests about vitamin D. Given the quality of the papers presented, I can’t imagine her answer was anything but yes.

Dr. Tony Norman and Dr. Roger Bouillon, the conference organizers, had to choose from over 300 submissions from scientists around the world. The venerable Dr. Bouillon did not try to back off his recent widely quoted warning that more than a billion people in the world are vitamin D deficient. Both men did a great job balancing presentations on vitamin D nutrition, vitamin D basic science, and the patentable vitamin D analogs sought by drug companies. Of course, I thought more time should have been devoted to vitamin D nutrition but Dr. Norman pointed out that more time was devoted to vitamin D nutrition than ever before. Like Dr. Norman, I am unable to comment on all the presentations that merited it, or this newsletter would be 50 pages long.

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Just under 1 % of the population develop schizophrenia at some point in their lives, a statistic that appears to hold true for all cultures and countries. Chronic major mental illness in people under 65 is due mainly to schizophrenia. Until the move towards community care began, about half of all hospital beds in the UK were in mental hospitals and the majority of these (for the under-65s) were occupied by patients with a schizophrenic illness. As the number of hospital beds has fallen, a significant proportion of the vagrants living in large inner-city hostels and prison recidivists are found to be suffering from schizophrenia.

Etiology

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In recent years the importance of recognizing postpartum depression has become an importance health care issue among all health care workers. The postpartum depression residential treatment training is aimed to identify the signs and symptoms of postpartum depression and reduce the short and long term cost to mothers and children alike.

Postpartum depression was once thought of as a make believe disorder and was widely discriminated upon. It has only been since the extreme actions of some mother experiencing postpartum depression, that the international community even took serious notice of the issue. That is why programs like this one have been developed and will continue to be developed in the coming years.

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DATELINE:  IRVINE, CA… According to Postpartum Support International, one in eight women suffer from a postpartum mood disorder.  New dads (and veteran dads) should know the difference between the Baby Blues and Postpartum Depression (PPD).  Oftentimes, these disorders go undiagnosed because a new mother’s support system, typically the husband/partner, does not know what to look for and where to go to get help.

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Dean Raffelock, D.C., L. Ac, CCN, DACBN, DIBAK

Hyla Cass, M.D.

Postpartum depression (PPD) Postpartum Anxiety (PPA) have become a national epidemic in the United States, affecting 15%-20% of all new mothers, or about 600,000-800,000 women annually. (1) It is now estimated that over 30 million Americans are on antidepressant or anti-anxiety medications. (2) The majority of this 30 million are women who have one or more children. The chance of suffering from PPD increases with each successive child. (3)

The most common medical treatment for postpartum depression is SSRI (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors) antidepressant drugs. Postpartum Anxiety Disorder is most commonly treated by the benzodiazepine family of drugs like Valium, Ativan, Xanax, and Klonopin. Combination reuptake inhibitors for both serotonin and norepinephrine (SNRIs) are also commonly used in postpartum depression. In the case of postpartum psychosis, antipsychotic drugs are used and are immediately necessary. Many women are now given samples of SSRIs as they are leaving the maternity ward. Most medical sources believe that PPD is caused by an imbalance of brain chemistry and that pharmaceutical intervention is the treatment of choice. While a certain percentage of women suffering from PPD do need pharmaceutical assistance, these are far fewer than are actually receiving them. Recent Meta-studies show this to be true.  While it is clear that some women with PPD do need and benefit from pharmaceutical intervention, it is our experience that an integrative approach yields the best results.

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Why do adoptees have a slightly higher incident of depression, Is there a connection to perinatal factors?

Was your child a low birth weight baby?

Does small birth weight and other perinatal factors affect risk of suicide? It appears to show up stronger in males.

http://bjp.rcpsych.org/cgi/content/full/bjprcpsych;179/5/450

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