Women’s health articles
Women’s health myths — References and further reading
1 Mayo Clinic staff. 2006. Weight gain after menopause: Reverse the middle age spread. URL: http://www.mayoclinic.com/print/menopause-weight-gain/HQ01076/METHOD=print (accessed 12.12.2007).
2 Genazzani, A., & Gambacciani, M. 2006. Effect of climacteric transition and hormone replacement therapy on body weight and body fat distribution. Gynecol. Endocrinol., 22 (3), 145–150. URL (abstract): http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16835076 (accessed 03.18.2008).
Peeke, P. 2001. Fight Fat After Forty: The Revolutionary Three-Pronged Approach That Will Break Your Stress-Fat Cycle and Make You Healthy, Fit, and Trim for Life, 38. NY: Penguin.
3 Wilson, J. 2000. Adrenal Fatigue: The 21st Century Stress Syndrome, 261. Petaluma, CA: Smart Publications.
4 Kyrou, I., & Tsigos, C. 2007. Stress mechanisms and metabolic complications. Horm. Metab. Res., 39 (6), 430–438. URL (abstract): http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17578760 (accessed 02.29.2008).
Kyrou, I., et al. 2006. Stress, visceral obesity, and metabolic complications. Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci., 1083, 77–110. URL: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17148735 (accessed 02.29.2008).
Epel, E., et al. 2000. Stress and body shape: Stress-induced cortisol secretion is consistently greater among women with central fat. Psychosom. Med. 62 (5), 623–632. URL (full text): http://www.psychosomaticmedicine.org/cgi/content/full/62/5/623 (accessed 02.29.2008).
Peeke P., & Chrousos, G. 1995. Hypercortisolism and obesity. Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci., 771, 665–676. URL (abstract): http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8597440 (accessed 02.29.2008).
5 Brown, S. 2000. Better Bones, Better Body, 141. Lincolnwood, IL: Keats Publishing.
6 Eichling, P. “Sleep: Missed assessments, underutilized strategies.” 21st Century Endocrinology, Thyroid and Adrenal as Sentinel Organs. IFM 14th International Symposium, 05/25/2007, Tucson, AZ.
American Academy of Family Physicians. 1999. Are you having trouble sleeping as you grow older? Am. Fam. Phys., 59 (9). URL: http://www.aafp.org/afp/990501ap/990501d.html (accessed 02.29.2008).
7 Neubauer, D. 1999. Sleep problems in the elderly. Am. Fam. Phys., 59 (9). URL: http://www.aafp.org/afp/990501ap/2551.html (accessed 02.22.2008).
See also:
Insomnia: Causes. 2007. Mayo Clinic. URL: http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/insomnia/DS00187/DSECTION=3 (accessed 02.21.2008).
8 Kolata, G. 2007. The elderly always sleep worse, and other myths of aging. Aging – Sleep problems – Health – New York Times. URL: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/23/health/23age.html (accessed 03.18.2008).
9 Elias, M. 2007. Study: Grandma’s got her groove on. URL: http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2007-11-18-women-sex_N.htm (accessed 02.22.2008). [Source: Natalia Gavrilova of the National Opinion Research Center at University of Chicago.]
10 Nissen, S., et al. 2006. Effect of very high-intensity statin therapy on regression of coronary atherosclerosis: The ASTEROID trial. JAMA, 295 (13), 1556–1565. URL (full text): http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/295/13/1556 (accessed 02.22.2008).
11 Wikipedia.org. 2008. Statin. URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statin#Adverse_effects (accessed 02.22.2008).
12 Carey, J. 2008. Do cholesterol drugs do any good? BusinessWeek. January 17. URL (full text): http://www.businessweek.com/print/magazine/content/08_04/b4068052092994.htm (accessed 03.14.2008).
13 Huang, C., et al. 2007. Efficacy of Monascus purpureus Went rice on lowering lipid ratios in hypercholesterolemic patients. Eur. J. Cardiovasc. Prev. Rehabil., 14 (3), 438–440. URL (abstract): http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17568245 (accessed 02.29.2008).
Liu, J., et al. 2006. Chinese red yeast rice (Monascus purpureus) for primary hyperlipidemia: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Chin. Med., 1 (1), 4. URL (full text): http://www.cmjournal.org/content/1/1/4 (accessed 02.29.2008).
Natural Standard Research Collaboration. 2006. MedlinePlus herbs and supplements: Red yeast rice (Monascus purpureus). URL: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginfo/natural/patient-redyeast.html (accessed 02.22.2008).
Lin, C–C., et al. 2005. Efficacy and safety of Monascus purpureus Went rice in subjects with hyperlipidemia. Eur. J. Endocrin., 153 (5), 679–686. URL (full text): http://eje-online.org/cgi/content/full/153/5/679 (accessed 02.29.2008).
Wang, J., et al. 1997. Multicenter clinical trial of serum lipid-lowering effects of a Monascus purpureus (red yeast) rice preparation from traditional Chinese medicine. Curr. Ther. Res., 58 (12), 964-978.
14 American Council on Exercise. 2002. American Council on Exercise recommends 60 minutes of physical activity a day. URL: http://www.fun-fit-facts.org/media/media_display.aspx?NewsID=143 (accessed 12.12.2007).
Mercola, J. 2005. Want to lose weight? Then exercise 60–90 minutes every day. URL: http://www.mercola.com/2005/feb/5/weight_loss_exercise.htm (accessed 12.12.2007).
See also:
http://www.cancer.org/docroot/CRI/content/CRI_2_2_2X_What_causes_breast_cancer_5.asp?sitearea
http://www.cancer.org/docroot/NWS/content/NWS_1_1x_Watch_Your_Waistline_to_Ward_Off_Cancer.asp
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000726.htm
http://www.americanheart.org/downloadable/heart/110158662873730%20WhyShldIBePhyllyActve.pdf
15 Burgomaster, K., et al. 2007. Similar metabolic adaptations during exercise after low volume sprint interval and traditional endurance training in humans. J. Phys., 586 (1), 151–160. URL: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17991697 (accessed 12.12.2007).
Altena, T., et al. 2006. Lipoprotein subfraction changes after continuous or intermittent exercise training. Med. Sci. Sports Exerc., 38 (2), 367–372. URL: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16531908 (accessed 12.12.2007).
16 Lanyon, L. 1993. “Skeletal Responses to Physical Loading.” In Physiology and Pharmacology of Bone, Eds. Gregory R. Mundy & John T. Martin, 485–505. Berlin: Springer-Verlag.
17 Seven, R. 2006. Burst into shape: Short on time or not, quick bouts of exercise look like the way to go. URL: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/pacificnw02262006/onfitness.html (accessed 12.12.2007).
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Women’s health myths
Original Publication Date: 03/18/2008
Last Modified: 08/25/2008
Principal Author: Marcella Sweet