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Keeping In Good Shape In Old Age Is Harder For Women Than Men

SOURCE:  Medical News Today

DATE:  March 29, 2008

EXCERPT: "Women over the age of 65 years have a more difficult time preserving muscle than their male counterparts  ... "  more

RELATED PUBMED LINK:

Smith GI, Atherton P, Villareal DT, Frimel TN, Rankin D, Rennie MJ, Mittendorfer B. Differences in muscle protein synthesis and anabolic signaling in the postabsorptive state and in response to food in 65-80 year old men and women. PLoS ONE. 2008 Mar 26;3(3):e1875.   full text html

Previously Unrecognized Testosterone Deficiency Common In Men With Type 1 Diabetes

SOURCE:  Medical News Today

DATE:  March 26, 2008

EXCERPT:  "Testosterone deficiency, previously recognized as common in men with type 2 diabetes, is also common in men with type 1 diabetes according to a new study ...   These findings suggest that there is a direct link between insulin resistance and reduced testosterone levels in men."  more

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Grossmann M, Thomas MC, Panagiotopoulos S, Sharpe K, Macisaac RJ, Clarke S, Zajac JD, Jerums G. Low Testosterone Levels are Common and Associated with Insulin Resistance in Men with Diabetes. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2008 Mar 4; [Epub ahead of print].

31-Country Study Finds Stable Angina More Common In Women Than Men

SOURCE:  Medical News Today

DATE:  March 25, 2008

EXCERPT:  "Although men have a higher rate of heart attacks, stable angina is 20 percent more prevalent in women  .... " more

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Hemingway H, Langenberg C, Damant J, Frost C, Pyörälä K, Barrett-Connor E. Prevalence of angina in women versus men: a systematic review and meta-analysis of international variations across 31 countries. Circulation. 2008 Mar 25;117(12):1526-36.

Asthma Risk In Women Reduced By Aspirin

SOURCE:  Medical News Today 

DATE:  March 21, 2008

EXCERPT:  "A study published in the journal Thorax found that women who take a small dose of aspirin on alternate days can reduce the risk of developing asthma."  more

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Kurth T, Barr RG, Gaziano JM, Buring J. Randomised Aspirin Assignment And Risk Of Adult-Onset Asthma In The Women's Health Study. Thorax. 2008 Mar 13.

Men And Women Prefer Different Foods

SOURCE:  Medical News Today

DATE:  March 20, 2008

EXCERPT: "New research presented at an international conference has suggested that men and women prefer different foods, with men more likely to say they prefer meat while women more likely to say they prefer fruits and vegetables."  more

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B. Shiferaw, L. Verrill, H. Booth, S. Zansky, D. Norton, S. Crim, O. Henao.  Are There Gender Differences in Food Consumption? The FoodNet Population Survey, 2006-2007.  CDC Foodborne Disease Active Surveillance Network: International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases 2008 Slide Sessions and Poster Abstracts, Board 305, p. 227.

Women Who Sleep Badly In More Danger Than Men

SOURCE:  Medical News Today

DATE:  March 11, 2008

EXCERPT:  Researchers "have figured out why poor sleep does more harm to cardiovascular health in women than in men."    more

RELATED PUBMED LINK:

Suarez EC. Self-reported symptoms of sleep disturbance and inflammation, coagulation, insulin resistance and psychosocial distress: Evidence for gender disparity. Brain Behav Immun. 2008 Mar 5. 

Care Of People With Osteoarthritis May Be Subject To Gender Bias, Study Finds

SOURCE:  Medical News Today

DATE:  March 11, 2008

EXCERPT: "Unconscious prejudices among doctors may explain why women complaining of knee pain are less likely than men to be recommended for total knee replacement surgery, a study in today's issue of the Canadian Medical Association Journal suggests."  more

RELATED PUBMED LINK:

Borkhoff CM, Hawker GA, Kreder HJ, Glazier RH, Mahomed NN, Wright JG. The effect of patients' sex on physicians' recommendations for total knee arthroplasty. CMAJ. 2008 Mar 11;178(6):681-7.   pdf

Researchers tap into the male brain

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Hampton T. Researchers tap into the male brain. JAMA. 2006 Nov 15;296(19):2301-2. No abstract available.

Biological Basis Found For Gender Differences In Language

SOURCE:  Medical News Today

DATE:  March 4, 2008

EXCERPT: "Although researchers have long agreed that girls have superior language abilities than boys, until now no one has clearly provided a biological basis that may account for their differences."  more

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Burman DD, Bitan T, Booth JR. Sex differences in neural processing of language among children. Neuropsychologia. 2008 Jan 4.   pdf

Males And Females Protected From Hearing Loss By 'Female Sex Hormone'

SOURCE:  Medical News Today

DATE:  March 4, 2008

EXCERPT: "The "female sex hormone" estradiol is present in both men and women, and is generated from testosterone in men by the protein aromatase. Estradiol plays various roles in addition to its gender-specific ones, including having effects on the hearing (auditory) system."  more

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Meltser I, Tahera Y, Simpson E, Hultcrantz M, Charitidi K, Gustafsson JK, Canlon B. Estrogen receptor beta protects against acoustic trauma in mice. J Clin Invest. 2008 Mar 3.