The Influence of Sex on Health

By Maria Perno Goldie, RDH, BA, MS

The study of sex differences is evolving into a mature science, and experts suggest that barriers to the advancement of knowledge about sex differences should be eliminated.¹ Science has concentrated on differences and similarities between women and men at the societal level, as researchers evaluate how individual behaviors, lifestyles, and surroundings affect biological development and health. Similarly, at the level of the whole organism, clinicians and researchers have investigated the component organs and systems of humans, such as the reproductive system. Sex and gender medicine is distinct from women’s health and organs, such as the ovaries and uterus, and men’s health and organs, such as the prostate and erectile dysfunction. Researchers have given less consideration to the direct study of these differences at the basic cellular and molecular levels.

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