Good article - "Why does medicine treat women like men?"

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www.theguardian.com/society/2020/may/24/why-does-medicine-treat-women-like-men

This is worth a read (not that we don't already know that biological sex matters).

Suprised to see it under the Guardian banner!

Very interesting article, it's incredible that even when men are the ones suffering from increased morbidity rates, scientists and doctors are still not consistently collecting sex based data.

It was quite widely reviewed about a week ago. Think the Guardian is reluctantly adding up.

When I read this review I was quite shocked although I sort of knew about how badly research into women's health needs and of course the male attitude to women's health.

www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/modern-medicine-books-sexism-women-hysterical-endometriosis-symptoms-a9512551.html

This is also depressing. Quote: "The UK has the largest G20 female health gap, where women are worse off. It’s also the 12th largest globally." www.news-medical.net/news/20200522/UK-has-the-largest-gender-health-gap-in-G20-study-reveals.aspx

That article is eye opening.

I knew about this issue but piecemeal. To have the different issues brought together like that is powerful.

Thank you very much to this doctor for working so hard for women and girls and having such immense and I'm sure continued success.

Great article

Boobs and tubes

Brilliant article, and great title for the book. Sex Matters. Who knew?

It's shocking that it's only 15 or so years ago that doctors started realising that female heart attacks present differently to male.

How can it have been overlooked for so long?