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Men born prematurely may be at risk for high blood pressure

SOURCE: Medical News Today

DATE: November 28, 2005   

EXCERPT: Young Swedish men who were born prematurely have an increased risk of high blood pressure that's proportional to how prematurely they were born.  more

RELATED PUBMED LINK:

Johansson S, Iliadou A, Bergvall N, Tuvemo T, Norman M, Cnattingius S. Risk of high blood pressure among young men increases with the degree of immaturity at birth. Circulation. 2005 Nov 29;112(22):3430-6. Epub 2005 Nov 21. PMID: 16301344 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Women less likely to receive heart device therapy but survive with it longer than men

SOURCE: Mayo Cinic News

DATE: November 18, 2005   

EXCERPT: Women with heart failure are less likely than men to receive cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) -- an implantable device shown to enhance quality of life for people with heart failure; yet women who get CRT live longer than men who get it.  more

Brain memory modifies during female cycle

SOURCE: MedlinePlus.gov - United Press International

DATE: Nov. 15, 2005

EXCERPT: EVANSTON, Ill., Nov 14, 2005 (UPI via COMTEX) -- Scientists at Northwestern and Columbia universities say "wiring" in female rat brain memory areas expands and retracts during the menstrual cycle ... in relation to the amount of estrogen present during the estrous/menstrual cycle. more

Women and hypertension, coffee is fine, cola is not

SOURCE: Medical News Today

DATE: November 14, 2005   

EXCERPT:  Habitual coffee drinking is not associated with an increased risk of hypertension in women, although an association was found with the consumption of sugared or diet colas, according to a study.  more

RELATED PUBMED LINK:

Winkelmayer WC, Stampfer MJ, Willett WC, Curhan GC. Habitual caffeine intake and the risk of hypertension in women. JAMA. 2005 Nov 9;294(18):2330-5. PMID: 16278361 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
      

Women receiving less aggressive treatment for chest pain and heart attacks than men, study finds

Medical News Today

Nov. 14, 2005   

Excerpt:  Women with one of a group of heart problems known as acute coronary syndromes (ACS) are almost one-third less likely to receive invasive treatments when compared with men with the same conditions, according to data from an international study of more than 12,000 people.  more

Related PubMed link:

Anand SS, Xie CC, Mehta S, Franzosi MG, Joyner C, Chrolavicius S, Fox KA, Yusuf S; CURE Investigators. Differences in the management and prognosis of women and men who suffer from acute coronary syndromes. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2005 Nov 15;46(10):1845-51. Epub 2005 Oct 24. PMID: 16286169 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Gender affects the way a person's brain responds to humor Michelle Brandt

SOURCE: Medical News Today

DATE: November 10, 2005

EXCERPT: Need more evidence that men and women are different? Look no further than the Sunday funnies. According to a new Stanford University School of Medicine study, gender affects the way a person's brain responds to humor.  The first-of-its-kind imaging study showed that women activate the parts of the brain involved in language processing and working memory more than men when viewing funny cartoons.  more

RELATE PUBMED LINK:

Azim E, Mobbs D, Jo B, Menon V, Reiss AL. Sex differences in brain activation elicited by humor. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2005 Nov 8;102(45):16496-501. Epub 2005 Nov 7. PMID: 16275931 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]