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  2. Gender bias in medical diagnosis - Wikipedia

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    In recent decades, there has been increasing attention given to the disparity between the treatment of pain in females compared to males. [8] [22] Chronic pain is more prevalent in women than in men, and women report more severe, frequent, and prolonged cases of pain; however, they are less likely to receive adequate health treatment.

  3. Gender disparities in health - Wikipedia

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    The World Health Organization (WHO) has defined health as "a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity." [1] Identified by the 2012 World Development Report as one of two key human capital endowments, health can influence an individual's ability to reach his or her full potential in society. [2]

  4. Sleep apnea: causes, symptoms, treatments, and how it ... - AOL

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    "This metric helps your doctor determine the severity of your sleep apnea and can help guide treatment choices." Obstructive sleep apnea can be categorized as mild, moderate or severe. Mild sleep ...

  5. Sex differences in medicine - Wikipedia

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    Sex differences in medicine include sex-specific diseases or conditions which occur only in people of one sex due to underlying biological factors (for example, prostate cancer in males or uterine cancer in females); sex-related diseases, which are diseases that are more common to one sex (for example, breast cancer and systemic lupus erythematosus which occur predominantly in females); [1 ...

  6. Sleep apnea - Wikipedia

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    The condition, also called treatment-emergent central apnea, is generally detected when obstructive sleep apnea is treated with CPAP and central sleep apnea emerges. [18] The exact mechanism of the loss of central respiratory drive during sleep in OSA is unknown but is most likely related to incorrect settings of the CPAP treatment and other ...

  7. Sleep problems in women - Wikipedia

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    Sleep problems in women can manifest at various stages of their life cycle, as supported by both subjective and objective data. [further explanation needed] Factors such as hormonal changes, aging, psycho-social aspects, physical and psychological conditions and the presence of sleeping disorders can disrupt women's sleep.

  8. Mental disorders and gender - Wikipedia

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    Misogynistic bias has impacted diagnosis and treatment of men and women alike throughout the history of psychiatry, and those disparities persist today. Hysteria is one example of a medical diagnosis which bears a long history as a "feminine" disorder, whether associated with biological features or with "feminine" psychology or personality. [ 63 ]

  9. Obstructive sleep apnea - Wikipedia

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    Without treatment, the sleep deprivation and lack of oxygen caused by sleep apnea increases health risks such as cardiovascular disease, aortic disease (e.g. aortic aneurysm), [165] high blood pressure, [166] [167] stroke, [168] diabetes, clinical depression, [169] weight gain, obesity, [66] and even death.