“Women are born with pain built in. It’s our physical destiny.” With those words, Kristin Scott Thomas’s character in the TV show Fleabag nailed a truth: that to be female is to be over ...
Men and women don’t experience pain the same way. Give someone an electric shock; bind a tourniquet tighter and tighter around their leg; submerge their hand in icy water; prick them with a pin ...
Exclamations of, "Whoa, this is uncomfortable," and the struggle to be still indicate patients in need and in pain. I had a stark reminder of that this summer when videos of women writhing and ...
In one study published by the National Library of Medicine, researchers found that of the nearly 1,000 emergency room visits investigated, women with acute abdominal pain were about 25% less ...
"I had a pain in my back and it was a very sharp pain. I had numbness in my right arm, pain up my carotid artery in my neck, but the funny thing was I kept falling on the floor and fainting ...
Medical bias is an unfortunate reality in healthcare. In one study published by the National Library of Medicine, researchers found that of the nearly 1,000 emergency room visits investigated, women ...
Brett Favre was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in January after he began having trouble using his right arm and was unable to hold a screwdriver steady, the Pro Football Hall of Fame ...
If you're getting a flu or COVID-19 vaccine this year, you may want to speak up when your doctor asks if you want the jab in your right or left arm. New research recommends getting your shots in ...