For all 15 leading causes of death, except Alzheimer’s, men and boys live sicker and die sooner than women and girls. We suffer everything from arthritis and multiple sclerosis to heart disease and cancer. We don’t have to wait for a major breakthrough in medical technology to save millions of lives. We could do it
No one has to tell us that stress is increasing on a personal and planetary scale. For more than 40 years I have been seeing stress-related illnesses on the rise. I’m seeing more people suffering from depression, irritable male syndrome, arthritis, early on-set Alzheimer’s, and many other ailments. It’s also clear that the Earth is under a
The comedian Elayne Boosler joked with more than a little bit of humor and insight into the human condition: “When women are depressed, they either eat or go shopping. Men invade another country.” On a more scientific note, we know that males are involved in more violence than females. In his engaging look at men’s
For the first time in many years my New Year’s resolutions don’t include anything about my health or wealth. I’m not trying to “lose a few pounds,” nor am I resolved “to exercise more.” I’m not hoping to “make more money” or “pay off the debt from my student loan.” I do have some plans
“Men and women think differently, approach problems differently, emphasize the importance of things differently, and experience the world around us through entirely different lenses,” says Marianne J. Legato, M.D., Founder of the Foundation for Gender Specific Medicine and author of numerous books on men and women including, Why Men Never Remember and Women Never Forget.
Sex and gender differences are central to our lives. We all think about them, struggle with them, and seek to better understand them. From Professor Henry Higgins in My Fair Lady who lamented “Why can’t a woman be more like a man”; to Sigmund Freud who wondered “What do women really want?”; to our nursery
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