Women's Health Involves More Than Femal Parts

The differences between men and women may be more distinct than we thought. The Toronto Star article entitled �Women’s health involves more than female parts’ discusses the fact that gender specific studies geared towards women have been lacking in the medical field. Sherry Marts of the Society for Women’s Health Research claims that in the past it was thought that male and female bodies are generally the same, excluding their reproductive organs (Tanner). This may have been thought because physiological research on women didn’t thoroughly begin until the 1990’s. New studies prove that there are many physical differences between men and women that do not strictly involve the breasts or reproductive organs (Tanner).

Surprisingly enough lung cancer is the top cancer killer among women. I feel that many individuals would have presumed breast cancer as the leading cancer killer in women. This notion could be a result of the specific attention projected by the Breast Cancer Society of Canada. Although breast cancer is an important issue to be brought forth it seems to be most prominent perhaps because it is gender based (Tanner).

Differences between the way males and females react to disease, treatment and medication are discovered daily. For example, Tanner’s article presents the reality that when women have heart attacks they have more flu-like symptoms, as opposed to chest pain. This observed difference between males and females reactions to heart attacks has been proven. I feel that this is a very positive and important new branch of medicine that could certainly help women in years to come.

Dr. Catherine DeAngelis, editor of the Journal Of The American Medical Association is playing a very prominent role in informing the public about gender specific issues. As a doctor she is knowledgeable on the medical information provided to her. While at the same point she has a say in what types of information is published in the journal. With these two resources under her belt she is making a point of only publishing research that is divided into sexes (Tanner). This article can be related to technological advances, research as a positive attribution to health and Darwin’s theories.

The technological wave of the present allows for science and humans to work proudly hand in hand. New innovative forms of science are helping to distinguish medical difference between males and females; while technology is the vehicle that carries the information from household to household. Phones, snail mail, e-mail, fax machines and scanners are all very useful for communicating with people from all around the world. Being able to gather large quantities of information regarding one particular topic is very useful. All this information coming from all around the world could be dangerous; moreover, you have to know that you are getting credible sources when dealing with medicine. DeAngelis, for example can use these credible communication sources to get the proper information to print in her journal and the differences of males and females.

Observing these differences between the sexes can most definitely be seen as a positive. Eventually large quantities of information will be obtained and there will be a whole genre of science dedicated to just women’s health throughout the body. This will aid in improving the quality of life for every woman.

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