Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom (203 page)

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. A. McTiernan, “Exercise and Breast Cancer—Time to Get Moving?”
New England
Journal of Medicine,
vol. 336, no. 18 (May 1, 1997), pp. 1311–2.

7
. Belloc and Breslow, “Relationship of Physical Fitness and Health Status,”
Preventive
Medicine,
vol. 1, no. 3 (1972), pp. 109–21.

8
. Martha Gulati et al., “The Prognostic Value of a Nomogram of Exercise Capacity in Women,”
New England Journal of Medicine,
vol. 353, no. 5 (Aug 4, 2005), pp. 468–75.

9
. P. J. Harvey et al., “Exercise as an Alternative to Oral Estrogen for Amelioration of Endothelial Dysfunction in Postmenopausal Women,”
American Heart Journal,
vol. 149, no. 2 (Feb. 2005), pp. 291–97.

10
. R. J. Young, “Effects of Regular Exercise on Cognitive Functioning and Personality,”
British Journal of Sports Medicine,
vol. 13, no. 3 (1979), pp. 110–17; B. Gutin, “Effect of Increase in Physical Fitness on Mental Ability Following Physical and Mental Stress,”
Research Quarterly,
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11
. K. I. Erickson and A. F. Kramer, “Aerobic Exercise Effects on Cognitive and Neural Plasticity in Older Adults,”
British Journal of Sports Medicine,
vol. 43, no. 1 (Jan. 2009), pp. 22–24; M. Angevaren et al., “Physical Activity and Enhanced Fitness to Improve Cognitive Function in Older People Without Known Cognitive Impairment,”
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews,
vol. 2 (July 16, 2008), CD005381; M. Hamer, E. Stamatakis, and A. Steptoe, “Dose Response Relationship Between Physical Activity and Mental Health: The Scottish Health Survey,”
British Journal of Sports Medicine,
(April 10, 2008), [Epub ahead of print]; T. Liu-Ambrose et al., “Otago Home-Based Strength and Balance Retraining Improves Executive Functioning in Older Fallers: A Randomized Controlled Trial,”
Journal
of the American Geriatrics Society,
vol. 56, no. 10 (Oct. 2008), pp. 1821–30; Archana Singh-Manoux et al., “Effects of Physical Activity on Cognitive Functioning in Middle Age: Evidence from the Whitehall II Prospective Cohort Study,”
American Journal of Public Health,
vol. 95, no. 12 (Dec. 2005), pp. 2252–8.

12
. M. S. Bahrke, “Exercise, Meditation and Anxiety Reduction,”
American Corrective
Therapy Journal,
vol. 33, no. 2 (1979), pp. 41–44; J. W. Collingswood and L. Willet, “The Effects of Physical Training Upon Self-Concept and Body Attitude,”
Journal of Clinical Psychology,
vol. 27, no. 3 (1971), pp. 411–12.

13
. R. Prince et al., “Prevention of Postmenopausal Osteoporosis: A Comparative Study of Exercise, Calcium Supplementation and Hormone Replacement Therapy,”
New England Journal of Medicine,
vol. 325, no. 17 (1991), pp. 1189–204; J. F. Aloia et al., “Prevention of Involution Bone Mass by Exercise,”
Annals of Internal
Medicine,
vol. 89, no. 3 (1978), pp. 351–58; Consensus Development Conference on Osteoporosis, National Institutes of Health (Washington, DC, 1989).

14
. S. J. Griffin and J. Trinder, “Physical Fitness, Exercise, and Human Sleep,”
Psychophysiology,
vol. 15, no. 5 (1978), pp. 447–50.

15
. J. Morgan et al., “Psychological Effects of Chronic Physical Activity,”
Medical
Science Sports,
vol. 2, no. 4 (1970), pp. 213–17.

16
. D. Hoppe,
Healthy Sex Drive, Healthy You: What Your Libido Reveals About
Your Life
(Encinitas, CA: Health Reflections Press, 2010).

17
. S. P. Helmrich et al., “Physical Activity and Reduced Occurrence of Non-Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus,”
New England Journal of Medicine,
vol. 325, no. 3 (July 18, 1991), pp. 147–152.

18
. J. Prior, “Conditioning Exercise Decreases Premenstrual Symptoms: A Prospective, Controlled 6-Month Trial,”
Fertility and Sterility,
vol. 47, no. 3 (1987) pp. 402–408.

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. B. P. Worth et al., “Running Through Pregnancy,”
Runner’s World
(Nov. 1978), pp. 54–59.

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. K. Owe et al., “Association Between Regular Exercise and Excessive Newborn Birth Weight,”
Obstetrics and Gynecology,
vol. 114, no. 4 (Oct. 2009), pp. 770–76.

21
. I have found that The Firm aerobic workout with weights is very effective if you have the time to do it. Each workout lasts from forty-five to sixty minutes, and you can feel results in your body after only five or so workouts, doing three workouts per week on average. To order a five-minute preview, call 1-800-THE FIRM. My favorites are volumes 4, 5, and 6. I’d recommend that you begin with volume 6. The USANA L-E-A-N videos are also excellent. To order, see USANA listing in the Resources section.

22
. Liu-Ambrose et al., “Otago Home-Based Strength and Balance Retraining Improves Executive Functioning in Older Fallers: A Randomized Controlled Trial.”

23
. H. H. Jones et al., “Humeral Hypertrophy in Response to Exercise,”
Journal of
Bone and Joint Surgery,
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Acta Orthopaedica Scandinavia,
vol. 45, no. 2 (1974), pp. 170–74.

24
. M. Nelson et al., “Effects of High-Intensity Strength Training on Multiple Risk Factors for Osteoporitic Fractures: A Randomized Controlled Trial,”
Journal of
the American Medical Association,
vol. 272, no. 24 (1994), pp. 1909–14. The program Nelson used has been adapted for home use and is available in her book,
Strong Women Stay Young
(New York: Bantam, 1997).

25
. H. M. Langevin et al., “Dynamic Fibroblast Cytoskeletal Response to Subcutaneous Tissue Stretch ExVivo and In Vivo,”
American Journal of Physiology. Cell
Physiology,
vol. 288, no. 3 (March 2005), pp. C747–56.

26
. Jin Putai, “Changes in Heart Rate, Noradrenaline, Cortisol, and Mood During Tai Chi,”
Journal of Psychosomatic Research,
vol. 33, no. 2 (1989), pp. 197–206.

27
. S. L. Wolf, H. X. Barnhart, and N. G. Kutner, “Reducing Frailty and Falls in Older Persons: An Investigation of Tai Chi and Computerized Balance Training,”
Journal
of the American Geriatric Society,
vol. 44 (1996), pp. 489–97.

28
. I’m a big fan of “model mugging”—the training that helps women develop a strategy for surviving an attack.

29
. W. L. Knez, J. S. Coombes, and D. G. Jenkins, “Ultra-Endurance Exercise and Oxidative Damage: Implications for Cardiovascular Health,”
Sports Medicine,
vol.

35, no. 5 (2006), pp. 429–41; J. Finaud, G. Lac, and E. Filaire, “Oxidative Stress: Relationship with Exercise and Training,”
Sports Medicine,
vol. 36, no. 4 (2006), pp. 327–58; M. L. Urso and P. M. Clarkson, “Oxidative Stress, Exercise, and Antioxidant Supplementation,”
Toxicology,
vol. 189, nos. 1–2 (July 15, 2003), pp. 41–54.

30
. R. Markus et al., “Menstrual Function and Bone Mass in Elite Women Distance Runners: Endocrine and Metabolic Features,”
Annals of Internal Medicine,
vol. 102 (1985), pp. 158–63.

31
. N. A. Rigotti et al., “Osteoporosis in Women with Anorexia Nervosa,”
New England
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32
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Fertility and Sterility,
vol. 49 (1988), pp. 447–50.

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. B. L. Drinkwater et al., “Bone Mineral Density After Resumption of Menses in Amenorrheic Athletes,”
Journal of the American Medical Association,
vol. 256, no. 3 (1986), pp. 380–82; J. S. Lindberg et al., “Increased Vertebral Bone Mineral in Response to Reduced Exercise in Amenorrheic Runners,”
Western Journal of
Medicine,
vol. 146 (1987), pp. 39–47.

34
. Nancy Lane, M.D., “Exercise and Bone Status,”
Complementary Medicine
(May/June 1986).

35
. Physical Activity Guidelines Advisory Committee,
Physical Activity Guidelines
Advisory Committee Report, 2008
(Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2008), available online at
www.health.gov/paguidelines/Report/pdf/CommitteeReport.pdf
.

Chapter 19

1
. D. W. Orme-Johnson and R. M. Oates, “A Field-Theoretic View of Consciousness: Reply to Critics,”
Journal of Scientific Exploration,
vol. 23, no. 2 (2009), pp. 139–66; D. W. Orme-Johnson, “The Science of World Peace,”
International
Journal of Healing and Caring,
vol. 3, no. 3 (2003), pp. 1–9; D. W. Orme-Johnson et al., “Effects of Large Assemblies of Participants in the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi Program on Reducing International Conflict and Terrorism,”
Journal of Offender Rehabilitation,
vol. 36, nos. 1–4 (2003), pp. 283–302; J. S. Hagelin et al., “Effects of Group Practice of the Transcendental Meditation Program on Preventing Violent Crime in Washington, DC: Results of the National Demonstration Project, June–July 1993,”
Social Indicators Research,
vol. 47, no. 2 (1999), pp. 153–201; D. W. Orme-Johnson, C. N. Alexander, and J. L. Davies, “The Effects of the Maharishi Technology of the Unified Field: Reply to a Methodological Critique,”
Journal of Conflict Resolution,
vol. 34 (1990), pp. 756–68; D. W. Orme-Johnson et al., “International Peace Project in the Middle East: The Effect of the Maharishi Technology of the Unified Field,”
Journal of
Conflict Resolution,
vol. 32, no. 4 (1988), pp. 776–812.

2
. C. W. Birky, “Relaxed Cellular Controls and Organelle Heredity,”
Science,
vol. 222 (1983), pp. 466–75; M. C. Corballis and M. J. Morgan, “On the Biological Basis of Human Laterality,”
Journal of Behavioral Science,
vol. 2 (1978), pp. 261–336; Norman Geschwind and Albert Galaburda, “Cerebral Lateralization, Biological Mechanisms, and Pathology,”
Archives of Neurology,
vol. 42, no. 6 (1985), pp. 521–52.

3
.
The Burning Times
is a documentary film by Donna Reed (part 2 of her women and spirituality series) that chronicles the burning of 9 million women and their sympathizers as witches during the Middle Ages. To order the DVD, contact Direct Cinema Limited at 310-636-8200, 800-525-0000, or
www.directcinema.com
www.directcinema.com
. For more infor mation on this subject, see Starhawk,
The Spiral Dance: A Rebirth
of the Ancient Goddess
(HarperSanFrancisco, 1979).

4
. Rupert Sheldrake,
The Presence of the Past: Morphic Resonance and the Habits of
Nature
(London: Collins, 1988) and
A New Science of Life
(Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1981). Sheldrake’s theory concerns “morphic units,” which can be re-garded as forms of energy. “Although these aspects of form and energy can be separated conceptually they are always associated with one another. No morphic unit can have energy without form, and no material form can exist without en ergy.” The characteristic form of a given morphic unit is determined by the form of previous similar systems that act upon it across time and space, in a process of “mor-phic resonance” through “morphogenic fields.” This influence depends on the system’s three-dimensional structures and patterns of vibration. For example, thousands of rats are trained to perform a new task in a labora-tory in London. If Sheldrake’s theory holds, then at a later time and in laborato-ries somewhere else, similar rats should be able to learn and carry out the same task more quickly. That’s because the initial rats have changed the “morphogenic field” around rat learning. This effect should take place in the absence of any known physical connection or communication between the two laboratories. Evidence that this effect actually occurs has been reported by Ager et al., “Fourth (Final) Report on a Test of McDougall’s Lamarckian Experiment in the Training of Rats,”
Journal of Experimental Biology,
vol. 3 (1954), pp. 304–21.

5
.
Ms.
(Jan.–Feb. 1992), cover.

6
. Audre Lorde,
Burst of Light
(Ithaca, NY: Firebrand Books, 1988), p. 131. According to her book, Lorde had metastases of breast cancer to her liver, diagnosed in 1984. In 1992, she was named the poet laureate of New York State. Usually a tumor that has metastasized to the liver gives the person six months to live. Lorde lived nine years after this diagnosis.

7
. This thought had a bit of accuracy in it. Medical students are notorious for start-ing to experience the symptoms of the patients they are around when they’re just learning about different diseases. My personal boundaries were not very well placed in the past, and I have “taken home” too much of what goes on in the office. Since I’m in the energy field associated with fibroids all day long and am quite empathetic with my patients, my energy field has undoubtedly been influenced by theirs—and I still have to take responsibility for this condition and learn and grow from it.