Research

The focus of this research database, updated periodically, is on how stress affects women's health, drawing together information from obstetrics and gynecology, mind-body modalities and psychoneurophysiology (how mood and emotion affect the nervous system, immune system and the rest of the body).  The main criterion for inclusion is whether the paper offered some piece of useful or intriguing data or approach.  Even though some of these papers, especially the older ones, have design flaws by modern standards, they can serve as guides against design pitfalls and as spurs for future research.

Format for the citations is:
PubMed ID number  (an identifier at the online National Library of Medicine)
Type of study : CT     -  Clinical Trial
                        E        -  Editorial
                        JA      -  Journal Article
                        MA    -  Meta analysis
                        MCC -  Matched case control
                        RCT   -  Randomized controlled trial
                        R,T    -   Review, tutorial
Title
Brief description (this summarizes the article, so that you can decide if you want to look at the abstract--medical terminology is sometimes used, but a glossary is available for non-medical people.)
Citation
Author(s)

Due to copyright issues, the abstracts cannot be shown here.  However, instructions on obtaining abstracts will pop up in a second window that you can print out, if you wish, when you click get abstracts.

Sections of this database completed so far:

Hospital Care and Procedures
-- studies involving every area of the hospital, from the ICU to the nursery.  What are the stress issues, how do they affect our immune systems, and what mind-body therapies are of benefit?

Gynecology
--covers most areas of gynecology, including how do stress and mood affect PMS, infertility, genital herpes and menopause?  What are the long term health consequences of physical, emotional and sexual abuse?  How can women cope with chronic pelvic and vaginal pain?