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Gender matters with meds, research, etc, Video: 60 minutes.

Started by quietdynamics, May 25, 2014, 05:57:54 PM

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We came in for a break from some work we were doing and caught this part of 60 minutes.
Apparently it was aired earlier in Feb. and there is a comment at the end.

Sex matters: Drugs can affect sexes differently
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/sex-matters-drugs-can-affect-sexes-differently/

Interesting about the difference in results when different gender used in lab rats/ mice.
And results in stem cell research.
Heart attack symptoms.   

There was that study I found and posted, that men with SJS have very different lab results and symptoms than females. Most research is done on females, so are males under- represented? Missed?
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