7/23/2008

Factor X, impact on women

Diseases and treatments do not act the same in men and women. Even lifestyle carry different implications for the health of each gender.
Here are some examples.

Depression
Women are two to three times more likely to suffer from this disorder.

ETS
They are twice as risk of contracting a sexually transmitted disease (STD) in an erotic encounter.

Anesthesia
On average, women wake up from anesthesia in 7 minutes and 11 in him.

Medicines
Antihistamines, antibiotics, painkillers and other drugs generally cause different reactions and side effects in both sexes.

Osteoporosis
80% of those suffering from osteoporosis is female.

Myocardial
Although men suffer more strokes, they are more likely to have a second in the first year.

Alcoholism
Compared to men, women produce less gastric enzyme that breaks ethanol, which increases its concentration in the blood.

Autoimmunity
Three out of four people suffering from diseases-au-toinmunes lupus, multiple sclerosis, arthritis are reumatoi-of-feminism.

Smoking
The snuff is more addictive in women and produces more damage to their cardiovascular system than for men.

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