Scientists discover biological differences between sexes when it comes to chronic pain, which may explain why pain medication may not be as effective for women as it is for men. The study found in female rodents, pain signals release leptin, a hormone associated with heightened pain sensitivity.

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Gendered expectations extend to science communication: In scientific societies, women are shouldering the bulk of this work — often voluntarily — due to societal expectations and a sense of duty.

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Muscle Quality and Cognitive Function: A Study Found That Muscle Quality is Strongly Associated with Cognitive Function, Especially in Women. A Significant Association with Memory Performance Was Also Observed in Both Genders. This Could Serve as an Early Marker for the Risk of Cognitive Decline in Clinical Screenings 🏋️‍♀️🧠📊

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Researchers say people born more recently, particularly women, have lower risk of dementia at same age as their grandparents 📉👩‍👩‍👧. This is likely due to interventions such as compulsory education 📚, smoking bans 🚭, and improvements in medical treatments for conditions such as heart disease ❤️‍🩹, diabetes 🍏.

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Menstrual cycle hormone levels influence women’s attention to female faces, brain imaging study finds 🩸🧠👩‍🔬👩‍🎨

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Longer baleen whale mothers produce more female offspring 🐋👩‍👧

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Researchers find link between psychosocial stress and early signs of heart inflammation in women 💖 but not in men 🚹, suggesting stress has different biological impacts on men and women ⚖️.

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African Americans, women, rural dwellers and less-educated people are more likely to distrust scientists. They’re also less likely to be scientists. That’s not a coincidence, new research found. 🧑‍🔬🔍📊

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Why does pain last longer for women: Immune cells may be the culprit, « Normally pain fades as the body heals. But it may last longer in women than in men, making women more likely to develop chronic pain. »

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Women’s faces rated more attractive even by other women, study finds

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Women are twice as likely as men to develop post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) | The team found that levels of K27 polyubiquitination rose in the hippocampus of females after a fear-learning experience, but not in males | "We may need different approaches for males and females [with PTSD]"

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People Across Cultures Find Women's Faces to Be More Attractive Than Men's

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Across 400,482 dementia research papers, senior men had the strongest publication and citation metrics; in a survey of 160 researchers, women reported more barriers despite similar productivity strategies

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Autism diagnoses rose sharply after the COVID-19 pandemic began. The rise was driven overwhelmingly by diagnoses among girls and women. New study suggests that many of these girls and women may simply have gone unrecognized in the past.

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💡 Research published in Psychology of Women Quarterly reveals that women who experienced sexually objectifying messages from family during childhood are more likely to view themselves as objects as young adults. This self-objectification is linked to difficulties in refusing unwanted sex, communicating sexual desires, and experiencing orgasm.

📈 The study surveyed 700 young adult women (average age ~19) at a university. Findings indicate that family objectification was moderately associated with higher self-objectification, which in turn was linked to lower sexual agency and directly to more difficulty refusing unwanted sex.

📉 For women who recently engaged in sexual activity, family sexual objectification was indirectly linked to lower orgasm rates. This chain involved increased self-objectification, leading to reduced ability to refuse sex and communicate desires, ultimately resulting in fewer orgasms and less satisfaction.

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Women ‘more likely to be told autoimmune conditions are psychological’. Cambridge University study suggests stark gender divide in misdiagnosis, with women also waiting longer for treatment.

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