The Gender Medicine Gap editorial team covers womans health. Articles are researched and drafted with the help of AI tools, and each one lists the sources it draws on so every claim can be checked.
35 articles
Women’s shorter scalp-to-cortex distances result in significantly stronger electrical fields during standard TMS sessions. New FDA guidance and 2024 efficacy data reveal distinct sex-response patterns across stimulation protocols, highlighting urgent dosing gaps.
Up to 75% of women with obstructive sleep apnea remain undiagnosed due to male-centric diagnostic standards. New research highlights the need for revised criteria to address female-specific symptoms like fatigue and sleep fragmentation.
With congenital syphilis cases surpassing 4,000 in 2024, new ACOG guidelines recommend triple screening. We examine rising risks in rural and white demographics and persistent treatment gaps.
Women face a significantly higher incidence and severity of idiosyncratic drug-induced liver injury due to metabolic enzyme variability and historical trial exclusion. This article examines the physiological mechanisms, diagnostic delays, and necessary regulatory corrections.
Women using semaglutide or tirzepatide achieve significant weight loss but encounter gastrointestinal adverse events at disproportionately higher frequencies than men. This post reviews evidence linking estrogen signaling to nausea sensitivity, trial versus real-world data discrepancies, and titration adjustments.
Epidemiology and Diagnostic Ambiguity Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) represents a rapidly growing clinical challenge, with incidence rat...
The Autonomic Divide: Biological Sex Differences and Diagnostic Delays in Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (P...
Beyond Aggregate Statistics: Rethinking Risk Stratification in Living Kidney Donation Current clinical guidelines for living kidney donation frequently rely on...
The Epidemiological Imbalance Systemic sclerosis (SSc), widely recognized as scleroderma, represents one of the most pronounced examples of sex-biased autoimmun...
The Paradox of Targeted Therapy ToxicityEpidermal Growth Factor Receptor (EGFR) inhibitors constitute a cornerstone of treatment for metastatic colorectal, lung...