Asthma affects millions of people worldwide, and adult women experience the condition more frequently—and often more severely—than men. Symptoms can also fluctuate during puberty, pregnancy and menopause, yet the biological ...
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A study by an international research team, with Dr. Yuichi Nishikawa from the Faculty of Frontier Engineering at Kanazawa University as the lead author, has for the first time elucidated sex differences in motor unit firing ...
Feb 10, 2026
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Experiencing multiple acute stresses at the same time, as in natural disasters or mass shootings, can leave lasting memory scars. New research from the University of California, Irvine suggests that levels of estrogen in ...
Feb 3, 2026
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People with type 2 diabetes face a higher risk of heart attacks, strokes and other cardiovascular problems, according to the National Institutes of Health. These risks also differ between women and men, but doctors don't ...
Jan 26, 2026
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Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a serious neurodegenerative disease largely affecting older adults. Apart from age, it also shows sex-based differences, with women being more at risk. However, the origin of these differences ...
Jan 9, 2026
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Women are more than twice as likely as men to develop stress-related conditions such as posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), but the biological mechanisms underlying that risk have remained poorly understood. New research ...
Jan 9, 2026
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Women are dramatically more likely than men to suffer from irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), a chronic condition causing abdominal pain, bloating, and digestive discomfort. Now, scientists at UC San Francisco may have discovered ...
Dec 18, 2025
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In the early 2000s, a major women's health study—Women's Health Initiative (WHI)—made headlines. As an ongoing study launched in the '90s, the WHI asked: could menopause hormone therapy (MHT), used to ease menopause symptoms, ...
Dec 11, 2025
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Hormonal fluctuations throughout a woman's life are among the factors that most influence the immune system. Like a seesaw, variations in estrogen and progesterone affect cellular levels and alter the immune and inflammatory ...
Dec 8, 2025
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A new analysis of research into the most common type of breast cancer has zeroed in on an overlooked hormone that may be responsible for the increased risk of breast cancer death in postmenopausal women with obesity. It also ...
Dec 2, 2025
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