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Women more prone to depression in countries with low gender equality rankings
A big international psychological study was joined by Kazan Federal University
Breast cancer surgery type, quality of life among younger women
What The Study Did: Researchers investigated differences in quality of life and other outcomes (including physical functioning, body image, sexual health, anxiety and depressive symptoms) by type of breast cancer surgery (such as mastectomy or breast conserving surgery) in women…
Study connects hormones we’re born with to lifetime risk for immunological diseases
Differences in biological sex can dictate lifelong disease patterns, says a new study by Michigan State University researchers that links connections between specific hormones present before and after birth with immune response and lifelong immunological disease development. Published in the…
Are male genes from Mars, female genes from Venus?
Review highlights sex differences in health and disease
Site of male sexual desire uncovered in brain
Gene in brain tissue regulates sexual behavior in males in mouse study
Male circumcision campaigns in Africa to fight HIV are a form of cultural imperialism
Male circumcision campaigns in Africa to fight HIV ‘neocolonialist’ and not based on robust science
Sleep apnea linked with higher spine fracture risk among women
Emerging evidence suggests that obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) may negatively affect bone health. Results from a new study published in the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research now indicate that women with history of OSA may face a higher risk…
Cancer drug can rebalance kidney function in a devastating genetic disease
Researchers at the University of Cambridge and the University of Zurich have discovered that a drug newly approved for cancer improves kidney dysfunction in a mouse model of Dent disease 2 and Lowe syndrome The study is published today in…
Firearm ownership among LGBT adults
New Rochelle, NY, September 8, 2020 —Nearly 16% of LGBT adults in California own a gun or live in a household with a gun. These study results appear in the peer-reviewed journal Violence and Gender . Click here to read…
Delayed immune responses may drive COVID-19 mortality rates among men and the elderly
Immune responses to SARS-CoV-2 may depend on viral load and infection time course
Rapid HIV, HCV testing at drug detoxification centers led to higher test result delivery
With an increase in HIV and HCV infections as a consequence of the ongoing opioid epidemic, Boston Medical Center researchers found that only a small number of those who test positive for those infections at a drug detoxification center followed…
Antiretroviral therapy fails to treat one-third of HIV patients in Malawi hospital
Researchers call for new rapid tests to combat HIV drug resistance in sub-Saharan Africa
Female chromosomes offer resilience to Alzheimer’s
Study reveals that females’ second X chromosome confers protection
A toxic trio of parental problems strongly linked to childhood sexual abuse
One in four women and one in nine men who were exposed to parental intimate partner violence, mental illness and addictions reported they had been sexually abused in childhood
Cyberintimacy: Technology-mediated romance in the digital age
New Rochelle, NY, August 25, 2020–Digital technology has had a transformative effect on our romantic lives. This scoping review reports on measurable outcomes for the three stages of the romantic relationship lifecycle – initiation, maintenance, and dissolution — as described…
USPSTF recommendation on behavioral counseling to prevent sexually transmitted infections
Bottom Line: The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends behavioral counseling to prevent sexually transmitted infections (STIs) for all sexually active adolescents and for adults at increased risk. Sexually transmitted infections are on the rise across the United States,…
Study reveals how two sex chromosomes communicate during female embryo development
Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) have solved a mystery that has long puzzled scientists: How do the bodies of female humans and all other mammals decide which of the two X chromosomes it carries in each cell should be…
Syphilis may have spread through Europe before Columbus
Syphilis is a sexually transmitted disease – and while commonly dismissed due to the availability of modern treatments, it is in fact spreading at an alarming rate: Over the last decades, more than 10 million people around the world have…
Study provides insights into how Zika virus suppresses the host immune system
UC Riverside-led research advances vaccine and drug development against the virus
Standardized care may help equalize health outcomes among patients with testicular cancer
New research suggests that although sociodemographic factors have been associated with poor outcomes for patients treated for testicular cancer, guideline-directed, expert care can help to address this issue. The findings are published early online in CANCER , a peer-reviewed journal…
HPV strains may impact cervical cancer prognosis
An analysis of cervical cancers in Ugandan women has uncovered significant genomic differences between tumours caused by different strains of human papillomavirus (HPV), signifying HPV type may impact cervical cancer characteristics and prognosis. The study–recently published in Nature Genetics –was…
Biology blurs line between sexes, behaviors
Biological sex is typically understood in binary terms: male and female. However, there are many examples of animals that are able to modify sex-typical biological and behavioral features and even change sex. A new study, which appears in the journal…
Provider access to chronic opioid prescribing resources improves guideline adherance
Boston – Results of a new study find that providers participating in an intervention with education and resources to help manage chronic opioid therapy for patients with HIV and chronic pain are more likely to adhere to national chronic opioid…
Women skip medications more in the US than other countries
One in four US younger women reported cost-related nonadherence compared with one in seven younger men
Men ‘less supportive’ in more egalitarian nations
New study looks at support for women’s causes and belief in ‘zero-sum’ thinking
STEM not for women?
How gender stereotypes stop women from becoming programmers and engineers
STEM not for women?
How gender stereotypes stop women from becoming programmers and engineers
NIH study shows highly reproducible sex differences in aspects of human brain anatomy
Gene expression data suggest potential role of sex chromosomes
Are you a hugger? It might be hereditary
A new study of twins finds that genetics play a significant role in how affectionate women are, but the same can’t be said for men.
Why do more women have Alzheimer’s than men? It’s not just from living longer
MINNEAPOLIS – Middle-aged women are more likely than men to have changes in the brain related to Alzheimer’s disease, as detected by imaging, even when there are no differences in thinking and memory. This may be associated with hormonal changes…
Why do more women have Alzheimer’s than men? It’s not just from living longer
MINNEAPOLIS – Middle-aged women are more likely than men to have changes in the brain related to Alzheimer’s disease, as detected by imaging, even when there are no differences in thinking and memory. This may be associated with hormonal changes…
Research delves into causes of nightmares that shadow female survivors of sexual trauma
It’s been estimated that up to 88% of survivors of rape or molestation suffer from persistent nightmares that can occur multiple times per week, seemingly at random.
Multilevel interventions improve HPV vaccination rates of series initiation and completion
BOSTON – New research from Boston Medical Center shows that providing education and training to pediatric and family medicine providers about the importance of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines, in tandem with healthcare systems changes including starting an HPV vaccination series…
Researchers develop model to predict likelihood of testing positive for COVID-19, disease outcomes
Cleveland Clinic prediction model reveals new characteristics that may affect risk
Multilevel interventions improve HPV vaccination rates of series initiation and completion
BOSTON – New research from Boston Medical Center shows that providing education and training to pediatric and family medicine providers about the importance of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines, in tandem with healthcare systems changes including starting an HPV vaccination series…
Researchers develop model to predict likelihood of testing positive for COVID-19, disease outcomes
Cleveland Clinic prediction model reveals new characteristics that may affect risk
Study identifies mechanism affecting X chromosome that could lead to new disease therapies
Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) have identified a key mechanism in X chromosome inactivation, a phenomenon that may hold clues that lead to treatments for certain rare congenital disorders. Their findings, published in the journal Developmental Cell on June…
Experts outline research methods to study puberty suppression impacts on brains of transgender youth
International adolescent brain development scientists reach consensus on key elements of study design
Experts outline research methods to study puberty suppression impacts on brains of transgender youth
International adolescent brain development scientists reach consensus on key elements of study design
Discovery of a novel gene involved in DNA damage repair and male fertility
A research group from the Institute of Molecular Embryology and Genetics (IMEG) at Kumamoto University, Japan has discovered that the gene C19ORF57 plays a critical role in meiosis.
Not children, but ‘super-happy families’ the aim of assisted reproduction
Researcher Judith Lind has studied how staff at fertility clinics view the assessments that childless couples and women undergo in order to access assisted reproduction. It emerges in the interviews that the assessment of the potential parents is based on…
Not children, but ‘super-happy families’ the aim of assisted reproduction
Researcher Judith Lind has studied how staff at fertility clinics view the assessments that childless couples and women undergo in order to access assisted reproduction. It emerges in the interviews that the assessment of the potential parents is based on…
Thyroid dysfunction in pregnancy being overdiagnosed, overtreated
The current practice of testing most pregnant women for thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) may be leading to overdiagnosis and overtreatment, according to new research in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal) . The study of more than 188 000 women in…
Thyroid dysfunction in pregnancy being overdiagnosed, overtreated
The current practice of testing most pregnant women for thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) may be leading to overdiagnosis and overtreatment, according to new research in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal) . The study of more than 188 000 women in…
Older men worry less than others about COVID-19
This is a concern because older men are already more at risk of severe or fatal COVID-19 infections.
Exploring the neurological male-female divide in dementia
Pitt’s Bistra Iordanova will use a $2.6M NIH award to examine how biological factors, such as sex, affect brain disease
Exploring the neurological male-female divide in dementia
Pitt’s Bistra Iordanova will use a $2.6M NIH award to examine how biological factors, such as sex, affect brain disease
A new potential target for the treatment of alcohol-withdrawal induced depression
Alcohol withdrawal impacts the physiology of somatostatin neurons in brain areas associated with emotional processing and addiction, particularly in female mice
Bullying is common factor in LGBTQ youth suicides, YSPH study finds
Researchers at the Yale School of Public Health have found that death records of LGBTQ youth who died by suicide were substantially more likely to mention bullying as a factor than their non-LGBTQ peers. The researchers reviewed nearly 10,000 death…