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  2. Gender bias in medical diagnosis - Wikipedia

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    This difference is often because women generally experience different heart attack symptoms, like flu-like symptoms, than men. [11] Due to sex based medical prerogatives, women tend to be more concerned with their primary and secondary sex health characteristics; i.e., gynecological health and breast health especially in terms of cancer; as ...

  3. Some women say their doctors dismissed their menopause ... - AOL

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    Dr. Stephanie Faubion, medical director for the North American Menopause Society and director of the Mayo Clinic Center for Women’s Health, tells Yahoo Life that the mentality among her ...

  4. Can the gender of your doctor affect the quality of your care ...

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    In the study of people ages 65 and older, 8.15% of women treated by female physicians died within 30 days, compared with 8.38% of women treated by male physicians. Can the gender of your doctor ...

  5. Do women make better physicians? New study finds patients ...

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    Although the positive impact was greater in female patients — particularly those who were severely ill — the research revealed that both men and women under the care of female doctors ...

  6. 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 ...

  7. Mental disorders and gender - Wikipedia

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    The lifetime prevalence of PTSD is about 10-12% in women and 5-6% in men. [43] Women are also four times more likely to develop chronic PTSD compared to men. [44] There are observed differences in the types of symptoms experienced by men and women. [43]

  8. Women are less likely to die when treated by female doctors ...

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    In the study of people ages 65 and older, 8.15% of women treated by female physicians died within 30 days, compared with 8.38% of women treated by male physicians.

  9. Hypergonadism - Wikipedia

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    Men and women exhibit different symptoms for hypergonadism. A few of the symptoms that men can experience are increased sex drive, early balding, excessive muscle mass, and acne. Women can have symptoms such as, increased growth of facial hair, deepened voice, coarse body hair, and an irregular menstrual cycle. [5]