Women doubly challenged by stress

Far too often, women handle stress in wrong ways by overeating, smoking, drinking alcohol or sleeping too little, too much or both.

Women Abusing Sleeping Pills

ORLANDO, Fla. (Ivanhoe Newswire)--Physically exhausted but mentally wide-awake.  It's what insomniacs experience nightly.  The problem hits 40 million Americans. Women are more likely to have it than men, and those sleepless nights can le ...

Teen accused of Jarry attack seeks bail

A MELBOURNE teenager alleged to have attacked Opals basketball aspirant Rachel Jarry had witnessed a brutal homicide and was to have given evidence in a murder trial, a court has heard.

Addicted men and women have different roots for drug cravings

Washington, Jan 31 (ANI): Stress robustly activates areas of the brain associated with craving in cocaine-dependent women, while drug cues activate similar brain regions in cocaine-dependent men, a new brain imaging study has revealed.

Obama to host dinner to honor Iraq sacrifices

US President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle will host a special White House dinner later this month to honor veterans of the Iraq war, two months after the last US troops left for home.

New BMJ Study Reveals Paxil During Pregnancy Increases Risk of Birth Defects: AttorneyOne.com Warns the Threat from ...

According to the study published on January 12st 2012, in the British Medical Journey infants born to women treated with SSRIs, which includes Paxil, in late pregnancy, had a two-fold increased risk for persistent pulmonary hypertension compared with infants born to women who did not use SSRIs. Paxil is a popular anti-depressant prescribed for depression, anxiety, obsessive compulsive disorder ...

Addicts' cravings have different roots in men and women

( Yale University ) A new brain imaging study by Yale School of Medicine researchers suggests stress robustly activates areas of the brain associated with craving in cocaine-dependent women, while drug cues activate similar brain regions in cocaine-dependent men. The study, expected to be published online Jan. 31 in the American Journal of Psychiatry, suggests men and women with cocaine ...