News tagged with gender differences
One in five U.S. kids has a mental health disorder, CDC reports
(HealthDay)—As many as one in five American children under the age of 17 has a diagnosable mental disorder in a given year, according to a new federal report.
Psychology & Psychiatry
May 16, 2013 |
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Free testosterone drives cancer aggressiveness, study finds
What is the reason for the widely reported fact that men are more likely than women to die of cancer? New evidence from population studies suggests that free testosterone could be a key driver of cancer aggressiveness in ...
Cancer
May 14, 2013 |
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Teen girls less successful than boys at quitting meth, pilot study says
A UCLA-led study of adolescents receiving treatment for methamphetamine dependence has found that girls are more likely to continue using the drug during treatment than boys, suggesting that new approaches are needed for ...
Addiction
Apr 30, 2013 |
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New studies examine caffeine's effect on cognitive tasks, food pairing
Since 1977, there has been a 70% increase in caffeine consumption among children and adolescents. Whether it is coffee, tea, soda, or energy drinks, our children are consuming more of it. One well documented effect of caffeine ...
Health
Apr 22, 2013 |
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Telling tales can be a good thing
The act of talking is not an area where ability is usually considered along gender lines. However, a new study published in Springer's journal Sex Roles has found subtle differences between the sexes in their story-relating abilit ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 27, 2013 |
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Smoking linked with worse urothelial cancer prognosis in patients, especially women
Smoking significantly increases individuals' risk of developing serious forms of urothelial carcinoma and a higher likelihood of dying from the disease, particularly for women. That is the conclusion of a recent study published ...
Cancer
Mar 14, 2013 |
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Parents' praise predicts attitudes toward challenge 5 years later
Toddlers whose parents praised their efforts more than they praised them as individuals had a more positive approach to challenges five years later. That's the finding of a new longitudinal study that also found gender differences ...
Pediatrics
Feb 12, 2013 |
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Witness the fitness: Look for DNA in Valentine's Day
She wore a tight red dress, a new pair of high heels and a matching handbag. He wore a suit, bright tie and a chunky watch.
Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 08, 2013 |
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Men are from ... Earth, women are from ... Earth, study says
For decades, popular writers have entertained readers with the premise that men and women are so psychologically dissimilar they could hail from entirely different planets. But a new study shows that it's time for the Mars/Venus theories about the sexes to come back to Earth. ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 04, 2013 |
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Genes provide clues to gender disparity in human hearts
Healthy men and women show little difference in their hearts, except for small electrocardiographic disparities. But new genetic differences found by Washington University in St. Louis researchers in hearts with disease could ...
Cardiology
Jan 24, 2013 |
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Pronunciation of 's' sounds impacts perception of gender, researcher finds
(Medical Xpress)—A person's style of speech—not just the pitch of his or her voice—may help determine whether the listener perceives the speaker to be male or female, according to a University of Colorado Boulder researcher ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 04, 2013 |
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Fewer than a quarter call 911 during acute heart problem
(HealthDay)—During acute coronary syndromes, fewer than one-quarter of patients call 911, according to a study published in the Jan. 1 issue of The American Journal of Cardiology.
Cardiology
Dec 27, 2012 |
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Research supports role of BMI in incident asthma in children
(HealthDay)—Overweight and obese children have a significantly increased risk of incident asthma, with evidence of a dose-response effect of elevated body mass index (BMI), according to a meta-analysis ...
Overweight and Obesity
Nov 20, 2012 |
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Children who swim start smarter
(Medical Xpress)—Children who learn how to swim at a young age are reaching many developmental milestones earlier than the norm.
Health
Nov 16, 2012 |
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Research explores relationship-building program for male same-sex couples
(Medical Xpress)—University of Cincinnati research is examining the effectiveness of a relationship education program that was created to specifically address the needs of male same-sex couples. Details on the program and ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 14, 2012 |
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Gender differences
A gender difference is a distinction of biological and/or physiological characteristics typically associated with either males or females of a species in general. In the study of humans, socio-political issues arise in classifying whether a sex difference results from the biology of gender. This article focuses on quantitative differences which are based on a gradient and involve different averages. For example, men are taller than women on average, but an individual woman may be taller than an individual man.
Other articles describe differences which clearly (if intersexual individuals are excluded) represent a binary male/female split, such as human reproduction.
Though some sex differences are controversial, they are not to be confused with sexist stereotypes.
For more information about Gender differences, read the full article at
Wikipedia.
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