WOMEN FITNESS MATTERS

Women and heart disease - Facts

women and men are not affected in same manner by heart attacks. there are some difference in the manner it affects them. Women usually get teart atteck much later than men, say 10 years hence, but the surrival rate for them sfter the attsck is much lower than that of men. Second attack is more likely in women than men. If she emokes, she increases her risk for early heart disease. this smoking and fatal heart disease go about as companians unseperable. there are some factors such as family histroy, which is unchangeble, that makes one much more prone toheart disease. It is found that heart disease is the leading cause for death in women older than 40, in this menopause plays its role. Loss of estrogen is a cause of heart disease after menopause and theresfter the risk factor for heart disease increases after 50 years of age.

BE SOCIAL- HAVE HEALTHY CHILDREN.

In a study on chacma baboons, baby ckacma baboons of females having a emotional bond with other females, lived for longer, than babies of those who did not mingle with other females.So this social get together and attitude in females, is the cause for, as per this study, kids to remain helther than other kids. This finding by the reserchers is in line with other previous studies showing that friendship reduceses mortality and improve health in humans, especially women. Here it is apt to quote Dr.Joan Silk, of University of california, as saying "Here we provide the first direct evidence that social relationships amoung female baboons convey fitness benefits. In a group of free-ranging baboons, the offspring of females who formed strong social bonds with other females lived significantly longer than the offsprings of females, who formed weaker bonds", likewise females who formed stronger bonds with their mothers and as well as with their adult daughters experinced higher survival rates. This parallels with results from other human studies, which show that greater social relationship is generally assiciated with reduced mortality and getter physical and mental health, particulary for women. Friends eliminate your lonliness. So ciltivate more social or family integration with other women to have a getter physical and mental health.

Raghu Natrajan