| Depression in women: Understanding the gender gap
About twice as many women as men experience depression. Hormones, work overload and sexual abuse are among the factors that may increase a woman's risk of depression. Family. Career. Coping with menstruation, pregnancy and menopause. As a woman, you certainly have plenty of issues to handle. But there's one more you might face someday: depression. Nearly twice as many women as men develop depression and related disorders at some point in their lives. A woman's unique biological, psychosocial and cultural factors may increase her risk of depression. Explore more about what lies behind this gender gap in depression. Biological factors affecting depression in women The female body itself may influence the development of depression. That's because hormones and related factors may alter mood through various stages of life.
Exclusive clinic to treat fibroids in Bangalore
BANGALORE: With over 25 per cent of women aged between 18 and 50 being affected by fibroids, an exclusive clinic to remove fibroids through laparoscopy will be opened here shortly. A team of surgeons led by Rakesh Sinha from Mumbai's Beams Hospital are working on the project. The clinic will either be linked to some top hospitals or will be set up separately. Similar clinics will be set up in Chennai, Kolkata, Delhi and Hyderabad, Dr. Sinha said. Reasons Addressing presspersons here on Thursday, Dr. Sinha said most women developed fibroids in their uterus these days because of late marriage and childbirth, sedentary lifestyle or genetic problems. Besides the discomfort and pain associated with fibroids, the greatest trauma of having a fibroid was that it could hamper pregnancy and childbirth.
Caley's Kingdom
Gilroy - Four-year-old Caley Camarillo propped her head against a pillow, and lounged on the couch in her living room. She crossed her right leg over her left, flip-flops dangling in the air, as the blue sequins on her shoes sparkled next to her painted red toes. After she took a sip of her drink through a purple straw in her pink sippy-cup, Caley twirled a ringlet of light brown hair that had come loose from her pony-tail around her finger. And in a flash, she was off again. Off chasing the family cat, Sassy. Off catching a ball her 8-year-old brother Martin Jr. threw down the stairs. Off seeing what her younger sister, 2-year-old Carly was doing with the My Little Pony toys they share. Caley's father and mother, Teresa and Martin Camarillo smile and nod, break up fights, give kisses and hugs.
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