Marital in Medical News

More marital happiness = less sleep complaints

WESTCHESTER, Ill. Marital happiness may lower the risk of sleep problems in Caucasian women, while marital strife may heighten the risk, according to a research abstract that will be presented on Monday at SLEEP 2008, the 22nd Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies (APSS). ...

Study examines how men and women view marital and parental time pressures

Only about one-fifth of employed women and men are completely satisfied with the time they spend with their spouse and their children according to a recent study published in the Journal of Family Issues. Typically in past studies, full-time workers and parents tend to be more time pressured t...

Children’s Behavioral Problems Not Linked to Marital Discor

Fighting genes may be passed from parents to their offspring while behavioral issues in children are not due to marital disharmony. //This was disclosed by a research conducted by University of Virginia along with few universities in U.S. This study had observed 1045 adult identical and fratern...

Immune Response To Flu Shots Influenced By Bereavement And Marital Status

A new study appearing in an upcoming issue of Brain, Behavior, and Immunity says that flu shots do not work properly in elderly patients who have experienced the death of a family member. //But older adults who have a happy marriage show increased response to these shots or injections than those wh...

Treatment For Prostate Cancer Relapse Linked To Marital Status

A team of researchers at Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia report that single men who have a relapse of prostate cancer may not turn up to seek fresh treatment. // The findings of the study were presented on the behalf of the Radiation Therapy Oncology Group by Dr. Andre Konski at the Am...

Study Shows Divorced, Widowed Adults Have Increased Health Risks

...f soon-to-be-released book In the Mood Again and Executive Director of the Natural Hormone Institute , says the study is further proof that an active marital sex life promotes overall health and longevity. "Married couples who have regular, steamy sex tend to be healthier. Medical studies show that co...

AstraZeneca Expands Prescription Savings Program

...am by immediately extending assistance to qualifying patients who have recently lost their jobs, had their incomes reduced, or experienced a change in marital status or family size. Previously, patients who experienced a change in income or family size had difficulty applying to the program if their...

UC Davis study highlights work-life issues of female surgeons

...s, about 20 percent were women and 80 percent were men. The survey included a range of questions related to practice type, number of years in surgery, marital status, children, child care and work schedules. The responses were compared based on gender. In addition to decisions regarding childbearing, wome...

News from Cancer

... Americans were more likely to be diagnosed with stage IV disease and to reside within poor census tracts compared to whites. After adjusting for age, marital status, gender, SES group, stage, and treatment, race was no longer significantly associated with overall survival. Similar results were seen with CRC...

Intimate abuse study finds clear links with poor health and calls for holistic primary care approach

...se in Iceland women who are married tend to be older and have been in their marital relationship for longer than women who are living with their partner" says ...ical health. Sleep disturbance, depression, eating disorders, smoking, marital status and abuse in their current relationship accounted for a 49 per cent ...

Living Alone Increases Odds of Developing Dementia

... again 21 years later. In addition to looking at the association between marital status and dementia, the researchers also examined the link between living ...appears online July 2 in the BMJ , is one of the first to examine mid-life marital status and dementia risk. In an accompanying editorial, epidemiologist D...

National Autism Association's Family First Program Now Providing Free Tools to Help Combat Autism Divorce Rates

... NAA Executive Director Rita Shreffler. "These tools are filled with unique marital tips and relatable stories for couples that have a child with autism." ...n" and DVD presentation come from Dr. Laura Marshak, a leading authority on marital therapy within the special needs community. "The goal is to provide that li...

Stable marriage is linked with better sleep in women

...period. Troxel presented related findings at SLEEP 2008, showing that marital happiness may lower the risk of sleep problems in Caucasian women, while marital strife may heighten the risk. "The current findings dovetail with our prev...

When young men are scarce, they're more likely to play the field than to propose

...tes to test his hypothesis on how the balance between women and men affects marital patterns. Results showed that men aged 20-24 are more likely to cruise than...aged women in these cities get a break? Not really, Kruger says. The higher marital rates for older men likely benefit women who are substantially younger than...

African-American women with advanced breast cancer often forego vital treatment

...ients with stage III breast cancer refused chemotherapy, and 26.3 percent who should have received chest radiation refused. There was no difference in marital status, religious background, or age of the patients who refused either chemotherapy or radiation compared with the patients who received recommended ...

New Study Shows Stresses of Economic Downturn on Women's Relationships

...hic, Different Behaviors How women who have ever been in a romantic relationship manage relationship challenges can change with age, education, marital status and geography. The study found that the likelihood of facing relationship challenges head on increases with education level; 38 percent of tho...

Women with arthritis more likely than men to stop working

...l research needs to examine in more detail the specific reasons that men and women give up employment and their relationship to family composition and marital status," the authors state. Not surprisingly, older individuals with arthritis disability were more likely to take early retirement than their youn...

New Study Shows Morbidly Obese Workforce Has Higher Prevalence of 100+ Diseases and Conditions

...workforces of 5,000 to 100,000 and employees in all 50 states. Employees in the morbid obesity and control groups were matched by age, tenure, gender, marital status, race, exempt status, employment status, salary and geographic region. Workers were largely full-time (96%), female (71%), white (56%) and on ...

After the Crash, Forty-Five Percent of Caring.com Visitors are Providing Financial Support to Aging Parents

...20LOGO ) "Caring for aging parents is extremely challenging. For baby boomers that are caring for their parents, the caregiver role affects their marital relationships and physical health, and now, because of the stock market crash, it's having an even greater impact on their finances," said Andy Cohen,...

Across the U.S., Stress Varies by Region

...ople have a diagnosable mental health problem such as bipolar or anxiety disorder versus how many are just feeling upset because of financial worry, a marital breakup or a transitory issue. "One of the problems with the study is that it's very limited in the inferences we can draw about the causes of the...

Maternal personality affects child's eating habits

...ing sociodemographic factors; the child's sex, smoking, child attending nursery, education, mother's age, mother's BMI, number of children, income and marital status. These data were collected from the Medical Birth Registry of Norway at the NIPH. None of them explained the effect that the mother's negative ...

USDA Adds Walnuts to Government Sponsored Meals

...nia Walnut Commission (CWC) prohibit discrimination in all programs and activities on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, sex, marital status, familial status, parental status, religion, sexual orientation, genetic information, political beliefs, reprisal, or because all or part of an...

Bad Marriages Harder on Women's Health

...re as likely as the women to become depressed with marital strain, but the link between negativity, depressio...it in with her research finding a strong effect of marital strain on partners' overall health. But the gender...iffers from her research. "Basically, we find that marital strain undermines the health of men and women," sh...

National Council on Disability Says More Needs to be Done for Service Members and Veterans With Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and Traumatic Brain Injury

...abuse services covered by TRICARE should be expanded and brought in line with other similar health plans. 4. Early intervention services such as marital relationship counseling and short term interventions for early hazardous use of alcohol and other substances should be strengthened and universally ac...

Supportive co-parenting may reduce some child behavior problems

...to supportive co-parenting. These findings extend previous work by Schoppe-Sullivan and others that showed supportive co-parenting also strengthens marital relationships and leads to better individual parenting. "Co-parenting has a central role in families with children," she said. "If you can improve ...

TV Watching Doesn't Fast-Track Baby's Skills

... On average, the children watched 1.2 hours of TV a day. After adjusting the data for numerous factors -- such as maternal age, income, education, marital status, whether there were siblings in the home, and duration of breast-feeding -- the researchers found that TV viewing wasn't associated with improv...

TV viewing before the age of 2 has no cognitive benefit, study finds

...iodemographic and environmental factors known to contribute to an infants' cognitive development, including mother's age, education, household income, marital status, parity, and postpartum depression, and the child's gender, race, birth weight, body mass index, and sleep habits. Using linear regression mode...

Underlying sleep problem linked to attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in children

...oral and emotional problems. Children also were assessed for pubertal development. Factors such as age, sex, gender, socioeconomic status and parents' marital status were controlled. According to the authors, this study may suggest that ADHD children suffer from an intrinsic sleep problem that could be ...

Girls' Anti-Social Behavior Predictive of Later Depression

...formation that measured the students' levels of depression, anxiety, anti-social behavior and social competency. Parents were also asked by family and marital conflict, family stress and parental depression. "One finding from this study that is a mind-grabber is that young children can identify themselv...

Anti-social behavior in girls predicts adolescent depression seven years later

...ds and resolve conflicts. Teachers also rated each child's academic performance. In addition, parents filled out questionnaires concerning family and marital conflict, family stress and parental depression. "One finding from this study that is a mind-grabber is that young children can identify themselves...

Economic Woes Add to Winter Blues, Mental Health Concerns

...easiness. Sometimes referred to as the "winter blues," people's deepening feelings of anxiousness can often spread to the entire family. marital fights flare up as spouses argue about overdue holiday bills and couples ask themselves "What do we do now?" Hearing parents argue and sensi...

80% of Caregivers Report Strain on Their Marriages

...who are working full-time, are providing financial assistance to aging parents, and/or have aging parents living with them are at the greatest risk of marital strain. The new insights on how stress affects marriage among caregivers have also been used to develop resources for those caring...

Avoiding secondhand smoke during pregnancy

...d data from 450 non-smokers who reported having partners, friends, household or family members who smoked. Demographic factors such as age, education, marital status and household income were collected, as was reproductive history information. Attitudes about being pregnant were assessed, as were mental heal...

Caring Counseling May Ease Postpartum Depression

... "For the family, often you see with postpartum depression [that] the partner can also experience depression," she said. "We know that this leads to marital conflict and potentially divorce." People need to understand what the signs and symptoms of postpartum depression are and seek help, Dennis said. ...

FamilyLife Co-Founder and Author Dr. Dennis Rainey Challenges Metroplex Couples to Celebrate Healthy Marriages this Valentine's Day

...on before the gap between you grows too wide. We developed the Weekend to Remember program to do just that: help couples enhance and strengthen their marital bonds." Since marrying in 1972, the Rainey's have been devoted to supporting families by strengthening marriages. They have also have co-writt...

Marital Distress May Affect Breast Cancer Recovery

...at could have an influence. "The quality of the marital relationship may not be the first thing women worr...ess and other problems that come with a distressed marital relationship can have real health consequences and...ely to change afterwards," Yang said. "Clearly, marital distress is a risk factor for numerous poorer outc...

In New Jersey, a Blue-Ribbon State Government Commission Tells Governor Corzine and the Legislature: It's Time to Enact Marriage Equality

... partner is transgender . The final report reaffirms the finding in the Commission's interim report that the classification of civil union places marital status in question for these couples, who had gotten married legally when they were opposite-sex couples. ...

Marital problems lead to poorer outcomes for breast cancer patients

...ho reported good marriages. "The quality of the marital relationship may not be the first thing women worr...ess and other problems that come with a distressed marital relationship can have real health consequences, an...ity of participants reported very little change in marital quality over the course of the study and, based on...

Health study in northern Uganda calls for improved services for internally displaced persons

...umatic events and sense of safety in the camps. Variables which had a significant negative effect on physical or mental health included gender, age, marital status, income, distance of camp from home areas, food security, use of soap, and sense of safety in the camp. A number of individual trauma variables...

Lung Cancer May Be Deadlier for Men

...o determine the effect of such sociodemographic factors as gender, race and marital status on lung cancer outcomes. They found that men had a 1.23 times higher death rate than women, while race and marital status didn't significantly affect outcomes. "Our study corroborates the...