On parent-reporting measures, girls with autism seem to struggle more than boys with performing routine tasks like getting up and dressed or making small talk, even when the study group is normalized to meet similar basic clinical diagnostic criteria across sexes. The findings add to the growing evidence that girls with autism may show symptoms… Continue reading Girls’ Social Camouflage Skills May Delay or Prevent Autism Diagnosis
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Gender Differences in Diabetes and Aging
All’s not fair in love and glucose intolerance. Overweight men are more prone to get type 2 diabetes than are overweight women. The same phenomena holds true in mice and no one know why. Researchers at the Buck Institute for Research on Aging in Novato, California provided a possible answer to that question by discovering… Continue reading Gender Differences in Diabetes and Aging
The Heart Ages Differently in Women Than in Men
The main pumping chamber of the heart ages differently in men and women, according to a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) study published online in October 2015 in the journal Radiology. Researchers said the findings may support different treatment approaches for men and women with heart disease. A release from the society explains that the mass… Continue reading The Heart Ages Differently in Women Than in Men
Men and Women Really Do Process Emotions Differently
Women rate emotional images as more emotionally stimulating than men do and are more likely to remember them. However, there are no gender-related differences in emotional appraisal as far as neutral images are concerned. These were the findings of a large-scale study by a research team at the University of Basel in Switzerland that focused… Continue reading Men and Women Really Do Process Emotions Differently