Autoimmune diseases occur when the body’s immune system goes a bit rogue and switches from only attacking microbes to attacking healthy tissue. Women make up 75 percent of all autoimmune disease sufferers, yet medical science hasn’t performed much research to date on why or how these disorders affect women differently. Treating autoimmune diseases more common in […] Read more…
Most people mistakenly believe that only high blood pressure poses a serious health risk while low blood pressure presents less to no harm. While people typically desire to lower their blood pressure, excessively low blood pressure may indicate an underlying health issue. In rare instances, low blood pressure constitutes a medical emergency. And low blood […] Read more…
More women die today of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) than men. Historically, however, medical professionals have failed to identify the causes of COPD in females, and therefore failed to diagnose many female cases of COPD. They mistakenly believed that men smoke more than women, and so they misdiagnosed the disease as something less serious, […] Read more…
Women’s pain continues to meet with major misunderstandings, even from medical professionals. Fibromyalgia, a chronic pain condition, occurs mainly in females, yet little research exists explaining why fibromyalgia symptoms in females tend to show themselves more predominantly, and how fibromyalgia affects women differently. Common Fibromyalgia Symptoms in Females While gender bias in medical research persists, […] Read more…
Although coffee seems to have become synonymous with a successful early morning routine, this caffeine-laden substance simply isn’t for everyone. Maybe the taste of coffee makes your purse your lips. Or perhaps you were once so coffee-obsessed that drinking too much of this drink gave you the jitters. Regardless of your reason to swear off […] Read more…