Summer Is Bad For Women’s Health
Posted by: Nikki Dowling
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4:40PM, Friday July 31st 2009
Damn, it seems like us gals just can’t catch a break! First we found out about summer on-set depression. Now a bunch of new studies are saying that summer is hazardous to women’s health in other ways. And I mean, legitimately dangerous. Sorry to be a downer, but researchers have linked the sunny season to higher levels of autoimmune diseases in women. It seems that us gals are more likely to develop these icky diseases in places where the UV intensity is high. But that’s not all. Research also claims that warm weather decreases amniotic fluid levels in pregnant chicks. This condition, known as oligohydramnios, is a lot more common in the summer because more people get dehydrated. Great, so I guess I can add “summer” to my ever-growing list of health concerns. So is summer still your favorite season? [LA Times]
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nthomas00
wrote on July 31 2009 @ 03:50 pm: [report]
Despite this unfortunate news as a woman, summer is still my favorite season.
-Nikki-
joyy
wrote on July 31 2009 @ 03:53 pm: [report]
High UV intensity isn’t necessarily a sumer thing and sumer/reverse SAD isn’t a women’s specific issue (nevermind the fact that it’s not that common). Grapsing at straws on a slow news day, are we? *yawn*
joyy
wrote on July 31 2009 @ 03:54 pm: [report]
*summer
Nikki Dowling
wrote on July 31 2009 @ 05:54 pm: [report]
@joyy this article isn’t about summer onset depression and I never claim that it’s gender specific. As for UV intensity, nowhere in this article do I say it JUST occurs in the summer. In fact what I wrote was “in places where the UV intensity is high.” Latitude is one determinant of the amount of UV light present, which, in turn, affects temperature. In other words, places that are warm and sunny have higher UV intensity. Hmm, warm and sunny…sounds like summer to me, huh?
impoddity
wrote on July 31 2009 @ 07:19 pm: [report]
I have to weather summer in Central Florida. Never will it be my favorite season so long as I reside here.