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2005-05-03 Arabia

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Posted by Fred 2005-05-03 00:00:00 AM|| || Front Page|| [7 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 The 28th medical symposium â sponsored by Pfizer â for the Pakistan Doctors Group, Riyadh, concluded that more women than men are prone to bouts of depression and migraine in the Kingdom,..

Well gee Beav, I wonder WHY?

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2005-05-03 10:47|| 2005-05-03 10:47|| Front Page Top

#2 Pfizer? Viagra doesn't do squat when the hardware's been removed by your barbaric society, friends and relatives

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2005-05-03 10:52|| 2005-05-03 10:52|| Front Page Top

#3 The depressive illness is a hormonal link and female's have more hormone's than a man. We are the baby machines, thus need the extra dose.

Andrea

Posted by Andrea Jackson">Andrea Jackson 2005-05-03 11:33|| 2005-05-03 11:33|| Front Page Top

#4 Andrea, that's just... well, depressing.

Posted by Chuck Simmins">Chuck Simmins 2005-05-03 11:49|| http://blog.simmins.org]">[http://blog.simmins.org] 2005-05-03 11:49|| Front Page Top

#5 Andrea, women are often depressed when they do have babies as opposed to being depressed when they don't. Just an observation.

Please, have a choc.

Posted by twobyfour 2005-05-03 13:19|| 2005-05-03 13:19|| Front Page Top

#6 Andrea, women do have a statistically higher tendency toward depression, true, but that tendency is exacerbated on a case-wise basis when the woman in question is prevented from adequate aerobic exercise, adequate social intercourse, adequate intellectual stimulation, and subjected to excessive physical and mental abuse, as is the case in this particular subject group (ie the Pakistani wives in Saudi Arabia, but has been reported for the Saudi wives in SA as well).

Posted by trailing wife 2005-05-03 15:58|| 2005-05-03 15:58|| Front Page Top

#7 most of the women close to me seem depressed fairly often - I figured it was just me....

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2005-05-03 16:36|| 2005-05-03 16:36|| Front Page Top

#8 Maybe you aren't bringing them enough chocolate, Frank...

Posted by Sgt. Mom">Sgt. Mom 2005-05-03 16:49|| http://www.sgtstryker.com]">[http://www.sgtstryker.com] 2005-05-03 16:49|| Front Page Top

#9 Naw men have depression too, it just that mens usually don't form groups, write plays, form committees, publish magainzes, create Lifetyme Movies and E-mail every 3 body on the planet about depression.

Hell, you're low, get a dawg, 2 cats and have a couple of choclates.

Posted by Shipman 2005-05-03 16:58|| 2005-05-03 16:58|| Front Page Top

#10 You'd be depressed too if you had to sit through something like ''The Vagina Monolouges'' and pretend it was like the greatest work of theatre of all time... and then act like you enjoyed it.

Posted by tu3031 2005-05-03 17:01|| 2005-05-03 17:01|| Front Page Top

#11 Dunno, but statistically, more men end up in suicide. That seems to indicate the opposite to the contention that women are more prone to depression. It may be that men are better trained to hide it (by whatever factors' contribution), but that may lead to 'nowhere to go' situations.

Also, chocolate does not affect men the same as women. That may be a part of the problem.

Posted by Sobiesky 2005-05-03 17:14|| 2005-05-03 17:14|| Front Page Top

#12 I suspect women's depression is mostly due to PMS.

Putting up with Men's Shit. ;-p

More chocolate!

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2005-05-03 17:19|| 2005-05-03 17:19|| Front Page Top

#13 Beer, on the other hand... and then you can stuff yourself silly with chocolate! ;-)

Posted by twobyfour 2005-05-03 18:37|| 2005-05-03 18:37|| Front Page Top

#14 Perhaps there's a link to slight iron deficiency. Not enough to be considered anemia. What's the word I'm looking for... subclinical?

Posted by eLarson 2005-05-03 19:11|| http://larsonian.blogspot.com]">[http://larsonian.blogspot.com] 2005-05-03 19:11|| Front Page Top

#15 So then what you're saying, eLarson, is, ''More spinach, more liver, then more chocolate for dessert!'' I like it -- all except the bits about spinach and liver. ;-)

Posted by trailing wife 2005-05-03 20:07|| 2005-05-03 20:07|| Front Page Top

#16 What was that old sketch? Was it SNL, or the daily show?
Researchers found that men have a greater tendency to crave starch, protein, and salt, while women have an inclination toward sweets---proving that historically men have brought down the bacon while women sit around eating chocolate.
Yet another confusion of cause and effect, or form and function. :)

OOhh, and I like the new comment interface, Fred!

Posted by Asedwich">Asedwich 2005-05-03 21:10|| 2005-05-03 21:10|| Front Page Top

#17 Beer is a complex carbohydrate, isn't it?

Posted by Asedwich">Asedwich 2005-05-03 21:25|| 2005-05-03 21:25|| Front Page Top

#18 Beer is a complex carbohydrate, isn't it?

Depends on how much you drink. ;)

It can be very complex, in the sense of

1) ''Hold my beer'' followed by
2) ''watch this!''

Posted by eLarson 2005-05-03 22:37|| http://larsonian.blogspot.com]">[http://larsonian.blogspot.com] 2005-05-03 22:37|| Front Page Top

#19 ahhh the infamous ''Darwin's Award Prologue''

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2005-05-03 22:39|| 2005-05-03 22:39|| Front Page Top

#20 LOL! Kinda like Iron Fist's rule, I guess. :)

Posted by Asedwich">Asedwich 2005-05-03 23:35|| 2005-05-03 23:35|| Front Page Top

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