Pain Literature Update REPRINTED Chronic Pain Perspectives Key Point: The risk of episodic migraine in those with obesity was greatest in those under 50 years of age, white individuals, and women Obese women and men younger than 50 have a greater risk of episodic migraine. Researchers say migraine risk even extends to those with lower […]
Neurology, Obesity, pain
The Elusive Dream: Women are not Getting Enough Sleep By Jennifer Wider, MD, SWHR Medical Writer Sleep is essential to a woman’s overall health and wellbeing, but most are not getting enough. The National Sleep Foundation (NSF) found that women, between the ages of 30-60, sleeps less than seven hours during the work week, […]
Cardiology, Cardiovascular disease, Obesity, Sleep, SWHRDonna Krupa(301) [email protected] Bethesda, Md. – More than 100 research scientists will examine hormones, gender and how they can interact to cause heart and kidney disease. The conference, entitled Sex and Gender in Cardiovascular-Renal Physiology and Pathophysiology, took place in August 2007 in Austin, TX, hosted by the American Physiological Society (APS; www.The-APS.org). Conference […]
Cardiology, cardiovascular, diabetes, Endocrinology, Genetics, Nephrology, Obesity, physiology, Sleep, stroke, Women's Health