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  2. Sleep problems in women - Wikipedia

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    Subjectively, women report an increase in night-time awakening and an increase in total sleep time. [1] Pregnant women's main physiological complaints about the quality of sleep during the first trimester are related to nausea and vomiting, urinary frequency, backaches, and feeling uncomfortable and fatigued; as well as tender breasts, headache ...

  3. Gender disparities in health - Wikipedia

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    The gender mainstreaming approach is a response to the realisation that gender concerns must be dealt with in every aspect of policy development and programming, through systematic gender analyses and the implementation of actions that address the balance of power and the distribution of resources between women and men. [102]

  4. Mental disorders and gender - Wikipedia

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    When considering gender and mental illness, one must look to both biology and social/cultural factors to explain areas in which men and women are more likely to develop different mental illnesses. A patriarchal society , gender roles, personal identity, social media, and exposure to other mental health risk factors have adverse effects on the ...

  5. Sleep apnea - Wikipedia

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    Sleep apnea may be categorized as obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), in which breathing is interrupted by a blockage of air flow, central sleep apnea (CSA), in which regular unconscious breath simply stops, or a combination of the two. [1] OSA is the most common form. [1]

  6. Gender inequality - Wikipedia

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    A 2008 study of three US district courts gave some explanations for gender disparity in sentencing: 1) that women are sentenced more leniently than men because they are convicted of less serious crimes and have less serious criminal records than men; that judges take personal factors relating to defendants (e.g. family responsibilities) into ...

  7. Gender discrimination in the medical professions - Wikipedia

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    Elizabeth Blackwell was the first woman to graduate from a western medical school Geneva Medical College, where Elizabeth Blackwell graduated in 1849. While both men and women are enrolling in medical school at similar rates, in 2015 the United States reported having 34% active female physicians and 66% active male physicians.

  8. Neuroscience of sex differences - Wikipedia

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    Sex differences were evident in other networks, as women also tend to have higher activity in the prefrontal and limbic regions, such as the anterior cingulate, bilateral amygdala, and right hippocampus, while men tend to have a distributed network spread out among the cerebellum, portions of the superior parietal lobe, the left insula, and ...

  9. Obstructive sleep apnea - Wikipedia

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    A little over 50% of all people with Down syndrome experience obstructive sleep apnea, [59] and some physicians advocate routine testing of this group. [60] In other craniofacial syndromes, the abnormal feature may actually improve the airway, but its correction may put the person at risk for obstructive sleep apnea after surgery when it is ...