Gerontology & Geriatrics

Speeding up bone healing in menopausal females

Older women heal bone fractures slower than men. Now a team has found that a single, localized delivery of estrogen to a fracture can speed up healing in postmenopausal mice. The findings could have implications for the way ...

Oncology & Cancer

Study explains why men are at higher risk for stomach cancer

Several types of cancer, including stomach, liver and colon, are far more common in men than in women. Some scientists have theorized that differences in lifestyle, such as diet and smoking, may account for the discrepancy, ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

New drug compounds show promise against endometriosis

Two new drug compounds - one of which has already proven useful in a mouse model of multiple sclerosis - appear to be effective in treating endometriosis, a disorder that, like MS, is driven by estrogen and inflammation, ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Why do women get more migraines?

Research published today reveals a potential mechanism for migraine causation which could explain why women get more migraines than men. The study, in Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences, suggests that sex hormones affect ...

Neuroscience

Gender bias in research ignores estrogen's effect on the brain

(PhysOrg.com) -- A recent study by UC Berkeley neuroscientists Emily Jacobs and Mark D'Esposito highlights the need to include female animals in research studies, since sex hormones have an impact on how females respond. ...

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