“DEPRESSION”: A WARNING
SIGN OF STROKE FOR WOMEN
SIGN OF STROKE FOR WOMEN
http://shine.yahoo.com - Middle-aged
women battling depression may be twice as likely to have a stroke as
women in the same age group who are not depressed, a new study finds.
"Our findings, however, suggest that depression may be a stronger risk
factor for stroke in mid-aged women than was previously thought," lead
researcher Caroline Jackson, an epidemiologist in the School of
Population Health at the University of Queensland in Australia, said in a
statement. The study focused on women aged 47 to 52.
A stroke occurs when damage to an artery deprives the brain of oxygenated blood, causing brain cells to die and allowing toxic chemicals to build up. Approximately 795,000 people in the United States suffer a stroke each year (75 % of stroke victims are 65 or older).
Jackson and her colleague Gita Mishra, a professor of life course epidemiology at the University of Queensland, looked at data from 10,547 women aged 47 to 52 years, none of whom had a history of stroke. About 24 % of the women surveyed said that they suffered from depression and, during the course of the study 117 of them had a stroke for the first time.
Jackson and Mishra found that depressed women were 2.4 times more likely to have a stroke than women who did not say they were depressed.
After eliminating other risk factors - including age, socioeconomic status, high blood pressure, obesity, heart disease, diabetes, and lifestyle choices like smoking, drinking, and exercising - middle-aged women with depression were still at higher risk for stroke than others in the group.
A stroke occurs when damage to an artery deprives the brain of oxygenated blood, causing brain cells to die and allowing toxic chemicals to build up. Approximately 795,000 people in the United States suffer a stroke each year (75 % of stroke victims are 65 or older).
Jackson and her colleague Gita Mishra, a professor of life course epidemiology at the University of Queensland, looked at data from 10,547 women aged 47 to 52 years, none of whom had a history of stroke. About 24 % of the women surveyed said that they suffered from depression and, during the course of the study 117 of them had a stroke for the first time.
Jackson and Mishra found that depressed women were 2.4 times more likely to have a stroke than women who did not say they were depressed.
After eliminating other risk factors - including age, socioeconomic status, high blood pressure, obesity, heart disease, diabetes, and lifestyle choices like smoking, drinking, and exercising - middle-aged women with depression were still at higher risk for stroke than others in the group.
WHAT DO THE VEDIC TEACHINGS TELL US?
Depression
is the result of not knowing what to do or what our true identity is.
Do not think that depression can be reversed through the invention of
new psychiatric drugs. Evil must be attacked at its very root, where it
is very difficult because most depressed people are not willing to
question their modus vivendi, or their concepts about existence. ...
Depression is not an incurable disease, but our materialistic society is
far from knowing how to cure it, because in essence, it is itself the
cause of the disease. The cure resides in the timeless, deep wisdom that
is found in the company of those who have dedicated their lives to
spiritual understandings and practices.
Śrīla Bhakti Aloka Paramadvaiti Mahārāja :
“The Illness of the Century - Depression”
“Vedic Wisdom Collection”
http://www.vedic-wisdom.org/
http://www.sabiduriavedica.org/sv.php?id=49_57
http://vwonline.blogspot.com/2006/03/illness-of-century-depression.html
Published by dasavatara das - "Vedic Views on World News"
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