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Healthy lifestyle - Wild about yams?

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Jamaica Gleaner
KIngston Jamaica
August 30, 2008
Heather Little-White, Contributor
While there is talk about the virtues of Jamaican yams and their probable contribution to the success of our Olympians in Beijing, traditional yam lovers shouldn’t go wild about all varieties.
The wild yam, for example, is a herb, not a tuber that you would expect to cook […]

A Possible Cure for the Baby Blues?

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Miller-Mclune
By Matt Palmquist
August , 2008
A mechanism in the brains of mice — specifically, the lack of a protein that is key in adapting to sex hormone fluctuations — might explain why some human mothers experience depression after giving birth, and the discovery could lead to better treatments for postpartum depression.
The study, funded in part by […]

Hormone patch for schizophrenia

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NHS Choices
August 7, 2008
“A hormone patch may protect women with schizophrenia or other severe mental illnesses from psychotic feelings”, BBC News reported. It said that scientists had found that giving women oestrogen made them less likely to report suffering hallucinations or delusions.
The story is based on a study in 102 women with schizophrenia, half of […]

Alarm over rising number of women

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being prescribed Prozac for PMS ‘inappropriately’
Mail Online
Daily News U.K.
August 7, 2008
By Jenny Hope
Last updated at 11:00 PM on 07th August 2008
Rising numbers of women with premenstrual syndrome are being treated with antidepressants, a leading charity claimed yesterday.
But many find that the pills do not work  -  and the side effects can be worse than period […]

Chemical clue to baby blues found

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BBC News
Page last updated at 01:42 GMT, Thursday, 31 July 2008 02:42 UK
American scientists say they are closer to understanding why some mothers suffer post-natal depression.
They found mice lacking a chemical receptor in their brains developed similar symptoms.
The study suggests the receptor helps stop brain cells firing too often in response to changes in hormone […]

Possible Cause of Postpartum Depression Pinpointed

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Mouse study implicates GABA receptors in the central nervous system
Posted July 30, 2008
By Jeffrey Perkel
HealthDay Reporter
WEDNESDAY, July 30 (HealthDay News) — Researchers have uncovered a potential cause for postpartum depression, at least in mice.
According to the study, from assistant researcher Jamie Maguire and lead researcher Istvan Mody, both of the David Geffen School of […]

Should women be popping anti-depressants for PMS?

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MIrror.co.uk
Advice
By Caroline Jones
7/08/2008

Worrying new figures indicate doctors are prescribing anti-depressants to women suffering from PMS. Does it help or do more harm? Your Life investigates…
When Liz Hallworth went to her GP with premenstrual syndrome, she was surprised to be offered antidepressants.
But new figures show she’s far from alone. A lack of understanding of the condition […]

Influence Of The Menstrual Cycle On The Female Brain

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ScienceDaily (Feb. 11, 2007)
What influence does the variation in estrogen level have on the activation of the female brain? Using functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Jean-Claude Dreher, a researcher at the Cognitive Neuroscience Center (CNRS/Université Lyon 1), in collaboration with an American team from the National Institute of Mental Health (Bethesda, Maryland) directed by Karen Berman, […]

Depression and Suicide

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Weill Cornell Medical College
Psychiatry
February 2, 2003
Depression and Suicide
More than 90 percent of people who commit suicide have a diagnosable mental disorder - most commonly a depressive disorder or a substance abuse disorder.
According to the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the highest suicide rates are among men […]

PMS sufferers ‘consider suicide’

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BBC News
 
Monday, 5 February, 2001, 11:02 GMT

 
The pain and misery of pre-menstrual syndrome can be so bad that 50% of women who suffer from the problem have considered suicide, research has found.
 
A study for the Women’s Nutritional Advisory Service (WNAS) found that more than eight out of 10 PMS sufferers feel violent and […]