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The differences between men and women are also seen at the cellular level. For example, the ways immune cells convey pain signals are different in men and women. [14] As a result of these biological differences, men and women react to certain drugs and medical treatments differently. [13] One example is opioids.
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 ...
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.
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 ...
Throughout history, doctors have considered women’s bodies atypical and men’s bodies the “norm,” despite women accounting for nearly half the global population and outnumbering men in the ...
[10] A retrospective analyses of people infected with the common cold found that doctors underrate the symptoms of men, and are more willing to attribute symptoms and illness to women than men. [11] Women live longer than men in all countries, and across all age groups, for which reliable records exist. [12]
Increasing age, with the highest risk after ages 45 in men and 55 in women Being assigned male at birth Family history, especially having a genetic disorder called familial hypercholesterolemia
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]