hi all At 16:37 1999/03/15 +0200, gerrit wrote, in part: >I do not know if you had a look at the article in Time magazine >with the cover story titled, "The truth about Women's bodies". >Having been married to one for 22 years I thought I knew her >body well (I NEVER attempted to understand her mind). >If you did not read the article I include it underneath. >More to be found on the website of Time at: ><http://www.time.com> . >This made interesting reading and the reason why I share this here >is that it be taken into consideration when we disuss medication >and the effects thereof on the individual PWP, male and female... > >THE SEXES MARCH 8, 1999 VOL. 153 NO. 9 BY ALICE PARK... > >a woman's immune system displays an exquisite amount of control >that a man's cannot replicate... > >women's heart attacks ... tend to show up as shortness of breath, >fatigue and jaw pain, stretched out over hours rather than minutes... > >a U.S. government study is currently under way that aims to clarify >how estrogen works on the heart, brain and breast... > >women tend to metabolize a number of drugs differently from men... > >male and female brains may respond differently to hormones and brain >chemicals. Women produce less serotonin, a mood-regulating chemical, >than men, and are more sensitive to changes in serotonin levels, >which are in turn regulated by estrogen... > >even if a man and a woman eat the same thing, it may take the woman >much longer to digest it. That leaves women three times as vulnerable >to chronic constipation as men and twice as likely to develop >intestinal disorders... > >contrary to anecdotal stories, numerous studies have documented that >women experience pain more acutely and more frequently than men, >indicating that the sexes may detect and dampen pain differently... > >women responded more favorably than men to a class of pain relievers >known as kappa opioids, including pentazocine, suggesting that >receptors for inhibiting pain may vary by sex... > >women are less responsive than men to nonsteroidal >anti-inflammatory drugs, such as ibuprofen... thank you, gerrit, for posting this article! as one who experiences the 'profound' effects of female hormones on my pd symptoms and/or my response to pd meds for a minimum of 8 days out of every 30, hormones and pd have been [almost] my favourite subject viz: using the search criteria "hormones AND paterson" take a look in the pd list archives at: <http://james.parkinsons.org.uk/> the lack of neurological and/or pd research in this area constitutes something approaching gross negligence in my humble opinion janet janet paterson - 51 now /41 dx /37 onset - almonte/ontario/canada <http://www.newcountry.nu/pd/members/janet/index.htm> [log in to unmask]