In This Case: Sex & Gender Differences in Pain By Tracy Madsen, MD and Alyson McGregor, MD Overview: Women and men experience pain differently as a result of both biologic and physiologic differences as well as psychosocial influences on the perception and expression of pain. Sex differences in the treatment of pain have been [...]
Read More pain, PharmacologyIn This Case: Presentation and Complications of Bleeding By Tracy Madsen, MD & Alyson J. McGregor, MD Case Overview: Gonorrhea and chlamydia, two extremely prevalent sexually transmitted illnesses (STIs), have important differences in presenting symptoms and complications between women and men. Notably, when compared with men, women with sexually transmitted illness are less likely [...]
Read More infections, Infectious Diseases, inflammatory diseases, STDsCommon Complaint of Unusual Fatigue and Chest Pressure – Janice L. Werbinski, MD Clinical Overview: Despite general acknowledgement of the sex specific differences in symptom presentation during MI, women do not receive equal, or sufficient response to cardiovascular symptoms because women arrive with complaints differing from the male norm. History: JL is a 63 year [...]
Read More Cardiology, CVD, lipids, SleepBy Tracy Madsen MD Case Overview: Depression is a disease that is highly prevalent in the geriatric population and disproportionately affects women. Elderly women who have chronic medical problems, especially multiple medical problems, are at an especially high risk for depression. Our elderly patient presented with altered mental status secondary to severe depression and [...]
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