Feeling lonely hard on woman's arteries

Feeling lonely is hard on a woman's arteries - It would seem that for some women, a lonely heart could actualy lead to heart damage, according to MSNBC. According to a new study, that forlorn feeling can lead to a nearly 80 percent increase in the risk of heart disease -- but only in females. Additional studies have revealed that depressed and people who are socially isolated have the greater risk for developing heart disease. Both of these factors can lead to stress, which can ultimately lead to heart disease, said the study's lead author. For some women, a lonely heart may lead to actual heart damage.

Rebecca C. Thurston - assistant professor of psychiatry and epidemiology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine - found, in a new study published in Psychosomatic Medicine, the loneliness link even after accounting for the women's level of depression and sociability. Other studies have shown that depressed and socially isolated people are at a greater risk for developing heart disease. “When it comes to loneliness, it’s not just how many friends you have, but also how supported you feel. You can have a lot of people around you and still feel lonely.” People feel lonely when they don’t have a sense of connectedness with their friends and families, experts say. Loneliness is related to how fulfilled we feel in our relationships. “We experience feelings of loneliness when we feel that what we’re getting from our relationships falls short of what we expect.”

Thurston wanted to focus on loneliness because "it's an especially negative and distressing emotion that many people experience." Thurston looked back over the years and found that the loneliest women at the start ended up 76 percent more likely than the other women to develop heart disease.She suspects that the link showed up only in women because they tend to be more concerned about relationship quality than men. Women also tend to be more distressed when relationships with spouses and friends aren’t as close as they hoped, she said. The new findings fall in line with other research showing that while any type of marriage can protect a man’s heart, a bad marriage can be harmful for a woman’s health, Thurston said.

(My insights) People should and need to be aware about this matter. It helps a lot to every individual to feed their mind and be reminded on how to response and consider mental and emotional health. 'Silent' heart attacks more deadly than thought. Rebecca made a professional study to know the reasons why people experiencing or having a heart-attacked problem. And now, I knew already that "loneliness" is one of the reasons why. And I really admired her for her fascinating thoughts and facts. I'm so glad that I had read this article and share it to you. This is a new learning not only for me but for all of us. I hope everybody will appreciate and keep this in their mind.

Thank you and God bless!

- Ninz♥♥

My BlogLog

Just promoting this site: http://www.mybloglog.com

Undergoing MyBlogLog Verification

For the second time around

(Inhale, Exhale) Here I go. For the second time around, my facebook account (http://www.facebook.com/ninzlimpiada) and twitter account (http://twitter.com/ninzjl) were hacked again and I wasn't able to retrieve it anymore! In short, those accounts I had mentioned were NOT MINE. OMG! (oh my gosh) I don't know why there's a lot of intruders are appearing in this world. I don't have any idea why they're doing that foolish thing and what are their intentions. What they can get from it? Whew. Inspite and despite of that shocking incident, I'm fully recovered. I don't want to make many social website accounts. This blog site of mine and new facebook account (my facebook profile badge was placed on the right side of my posts) are my verified social networking sites and it's fine to me and I'm contented with it. Be careful and don't trust anybody. Beware to the intruders and also to my dummies.

Thanks.

- ninz ♥♥

Things I can do today

Good day everyone! Tuesday morning blues? Have you ever had one of those days when you felt like you didn't want to have one of those days? There are things you can do today and everyday for the rest of your life. I woke up early today, excited over all I get to do before the clock strikes midnight. I have responsibilities to fulfill today. I am important. My job is to choose what kind of day I am going to have.

• Today I can complain because the weather is rainy, or I can be thankful that the climate is pretty good (for me) rather than experiencing the sweat on my body.
• Today I can feel sad that I don't have more money, or I can be glad that my finances encourage me to plan my purchases wisely and guide me away from waste.
• Today I can grumble about my foods for breakfast and lunch, or I can rejoice that I am blessed because I have foods to eat.
• Today I can lament over all that my parents didn't give me when I was growing up, or I can feel grateful that they allowed me to be born.
• Today I can cry because roses have thorns, or I can celebrate that thorns have roses.
• Today I can murmur dejectedly because I have to do housework, or I can feel honored because I've been provided shelter for my mind and body.
• Today stretches ahead of me, waiting to be shaped. And here I am, the sculptor who gets to do the shaping.
• Today I can get upset and mad to someone, or I can be thankful because I have the freedom to express my feelings.

What today will be like is up to me. I get to choose what kind of day I will have. Have a great day unless you have other plans. The happiest people don't necessarily have the best of everything. They just make the best of everything. But then again, life is not what happens. It's how we take it. As the Bible says, "Today is the day that the Lord has made, and I shall rejoice and be glad in it."

- Ninz

HACKED ACCOUNTS

Good day! But what's good for today? So annoying!! Anyway, I just like to inform you guys that all my social networking accounts including my friendster, twitter, facebook, yahoo mail, and multiply were hacked by someone. My Multiply (http://xxoocutie.multiply.com), Twitter (http://twitter.com/ninzexclusive ), Friendster (http://www.friendster.com/ninzlimpiada) THOSE ACCOUNTS ARE NOT MINE ANYMORE. But the good thing was I retrieved my accounts on yahoo mail, facebook account, and I made new account on twitter (http://twitter.com/ninzjl). However, retrieving all my accounts were not so easy to do huh but it gave me a big help though. This is just a reminder. So, beware my friends. If someone sent you a message or add you as a friend using those accounts that I mentioned above, don't pay any attention or lets just say IGNORE IT.

- Ninz™

The Shoe Lady

A good and inspiring story written by Debra Galant. - Ranya Kelly's hunt began on a winter day in 1986 when she discovered 500 mostly brand-new pairs of shoes discarded behind a Payless Shoe Source store. She took them to Samaritan House, a Denver homeless shelter. There she spied a pregnant woman walking through the shelter in her stocking feet. Kelly asked the priest in-charge why she wasn't wearing shoes. "We don't have any to fit her," he answered. "His words changed my life." says Kelly. "I found out the retailers regularly throw away unsold merchandise to make room for new inventory. So I decided to redirect this garbage." She checked dumpsters for shoes and clothes. Along with handful of volunteers, she bagged the goods, then delivered them to shelters, churches and other organizations.

- I realized that the poverty level in our country keeps rising every year. There are people with needs out there. And then I opened my closet and I saw many clothes, bags, and shoes kept inside then untouched and unused, perhaps because the colors and the styles do not or no longer suit my fancy. I've been seeing some children walking on the streets without clothes to wear. Something must be wrong here. I think we need a lot more people like Ranya Kelly in this country, who have a heartfelt concern for the poor. Not the cheap politicians who pay lip service to the needy, but those who are willing to toil and labor for those who are in need. I think of churches that may want to put up soup kitchen and design programs to reach out for the needy neighbors. I think of fast food companies who may want to give their excess supply to the poor since they cannot use it for the next day anyway. There are so many things we can do; we just need a genuine tug in our hearts to start doing it. And as for the clothes, shoes, and bags in my closet, somebody else is using them now and that makes me very happy.

Pres. Cory Aquino

Good day readers! It's been a couple of week since I posted my entry here. Many circumstances are coming in to our country. People were focused on the death of Pres. Cory Aquino, landslide in Baguio were many people died, etc. But the highlight of my topic now is about Pres. Cory Aquino.

Maria Corazon "Cory" Cojuangco Aquino became the 11, following the peaceful 1986 People Power Revolution that astonished the world. Aquino was married to Senator Benigno Aquino, Jr., a leading figure in the political opposition against the autocratic rule of President Ferdinand Marcos, who was assassinated upon his return from exile on 21 August 1983. Having had no prior political experience, Cory Aquino nevertheless became the focal point around which the fractured political opposition finally unified. She was the lone candidate against Marcos during the 1986 snap presidential elections. Soon after Marcos’ proclamation as victor, despite widespread reports of , then Minister of National Defense Juan Ponce Enrile and Armed Force of the Philippines Vice Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Fidel Ramos, set in motion a long-planned coup against Marcos. The charismatic Archbishop of Manila, Jaime Cardinal Sin exhorted the predominantly Catholic populace to mass along EDSA (the main thoroughfare between Camps Aguinaldo and Crame) to support the rebel soldiers. Over the next four days almost 2 million unarmed civilians poured into the streets, heeding the call of Cardinal Sin. People the world over were amazed to see unarmed priests, nuns and ordinary men, women and children forming human chains, blockading loyalist military squadrons, preventing them from reaching the rebel soldiers at the Camps. They answered guns and tanks with prayers and flowers… succeeding in what became known as the 1986 EDSA People Power Revolution.

Cory Aquino was proclaimed the 11th President of the Philippines on the 25th of February 1986, Asia ’s first female head of state. After completing her term in 1992, she continued to be an advocate of democracy, peace, women's empowerment, and religious. Lest we forget, Cory Aquino and our original people power inspired Yeltsin in Russia, Lech Walesa in Nelson Mandela in Africa ,Vaclav Havel of Czechoslovakia and the unsung heroes of Tiananmen Square. She began law studies in Far Eastern University but did not finish on account of her marriage to Ninoy Aquino. In 1987, she received an Honorary Degree in Civil Law from FEU. Cory Aquino died of cardiopulmonary arrest after complications of at the age of 76 on August 1, 2009.

- She's very proud to be a Filipino. It's worth dying for. She never turn down the Filipino people and inspite of her sickness, she proved to us that she never ever gave up when she knew that she had a colon cancer. However, she fight a good fight to finish her race.