A Menopausal Rant on some Recent Medical Studies
If you have been reading the papers or various medical journals lately a few studies jump out from the page.
How about this one from the ‘American Academy of Sleep Medicine’,
“Biological clock out of sync in patients being treated for breast cancer with chemotherapy”?
You Think!
The study goes on to say that psychological factors such as stress, pain, depression, napping and more could be contributing factors. DUH!
In the Journal of Nature, “Gene therapy fixes colorblind monkeys”.
The study tells us that 7% of male Americans have red-green colorblindness, which is the inability to see a difference between shades of the two colors.
I am riveted to read more on how this research can help all humans. Let me say the researchers note that “Colorblindness is not life threatening”. They also acknowledge that gene therapy has risks of actually causing cancer and other life threatening complications. So…….?
In the Archives of Internal Medicine, “Defibrillators do little for women”.
A recent study showed that the devices do little for women in preventing them from dying of heart failure. This is one more study showing gender difference in regards to heart disease. Historically large studies have been on men with the results applied to women. So now once and for all can we say ‘What is good for the goose is good for the gander’ is a stupid saying?
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Haralee - I bet it felt good to get your thoughts out! It really does get old reading some of the nonsense out there, doesn't it? I do have to smile though at FINALLY seeing reports that acknowledge services that don't help women - it sure beats the old days when only men were tested and it was just assumed that the results would apply to women and we would just go along with what we were told. Thanks for sharing your thoughts!
You are right Pat. Sometimes a girl has to rant and say not for this girl!
Haralee,
What a fun rant to read! And I'm with you. I don't know how many times I've listened to or read a new report about a research study where my response was, "Wow, now THAT''S rocket science!" Wouldn't you like to get some of the grants people get to study things that seem to be no-brainers?
Hi Diane,
I know some people in the scientific research business and many do excellent work so I don't mean to scoff, but with this economy and disease state where are the advisory boards? Where is the adult woman scientist to say this color blind research is not going anywhere and is not applicable to the majority of the population? Ooops, there I go again ranting!