This Is The Frustrating Truth Behind Why Painkillers Are Less Effective For Women

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Speaking to the Association of American Medical Colleges, Martha Gulati, MD, a cardiologist at the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles revealed that when she gives lectures at medical schools about sex differences in heart and cardiology care, many students are learning for the first time that there is still a huge disparity between the sexes in medical education.

She says: “Often, male biology is taught as the ‘default’ and learning about how female biology is different ...