Every Organ Has a Sex Such an interesting article in the Biology of Sex Differences Journal this month! The authors attempt to answer the question of what makes brains of men and women unique to each sex, and come to the conclusion that sex differences in the nervous system are inseparable from sex differences in […]
Adipose tissue, Bladder, brain, environment, Gender Difference, Gut, Immune system, Kidney, liver, Muscle, Neurology, Placenta, Sensory system, Sex difference
Sex differences in the brain: a whole body perspective Authors: Geert J. de Vries* and Nancy G. Forger Abstract Most writing on sexual differentiation of the mammalian brain (including our own) considers just two organs: the gonads and the brain. This perspective, which leaves out all other body parts, misleads us in several ways. First, […]
Adipose tissue, Bladder, brain, environment, Gender Difference, Gut, Immune system, Kidney, liver, Muscle, Neurology, Placenta, Sensory system, Sex difference
GENDER MEDICINE: A TASK FOR THE THIRD MILLENNIUM. “A very comprehensive call for transparency in research outcome reporting – so essential to include sex differences whenever both sexes are studied. So many diseases and organs are affected by sex differences.” This excellent 2013 review article in Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine highlights the difficulties of […]
Cancer, cardiovascular, liver, Osteoporosis, Pharmacology
Gender medicine: a task for the third millennium AUTHORS: Giovannella Baggio, Alberto Corsini, Annarosa Floreani, Sandro Giannini, Vittorina Zagonel, Abstract Gender-specific medicine is the study of how diseases differ between men and women in terms of prevention, clinical signs, therapeutic approach, prognosis, psychological and social impact. It is a neglected dimension of medicine. In […]
Cancer, cardiovascular, liver, Osteoporosis, Pharmacology
