sexism

Abstract: Endometriosis, a chronic inflammatory condition affecting 10% of biological women, is widely understudied and particularly overlooked in later life. Discussions surrounding endometriosis predominantly centre on medical gender bias during reproductive years, with limited attention to...

I realised there wasn’t a specific thread for the link between BPS/psychosomatics and sexism. So I’ve created one. The thing that prompted me to create this thread, was that I was looking at a review of “CBT for Cancer”, and noticed that CBT is very outproportionally studied in breast cancer...

Data reveal how doctors take women’s pain less seriously than men’s A study of hospital emergency departments suggests that women have more limited access to painkillers and medical care. Physicians treat men and women differently when it comes to pain — women in hospital wait longer to be seen...

Emerging Subspecialties in Neurology: Women’s Neurology Hayley F. Thornton,, Sara C. LaHue, Riley Bove, Janet Waters, Mary A. O’Neal, Esther Bui The influence of sex and gender on neurologic disease has become increasingly recognized in science and medicine. This is evident across a woman’s...

Females are less likely to receive bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation in witnessed out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: An Australian perspective. Sonali Munot; Janet E Bray; Julie Redfern; Adrian Bauman; Simone Marschner; Christopher Semsarian; Robert Denniss; Andrew Coggins; Paul M Middleton...

Abstract Background: Myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME, also known as chronic fatigue syndrome or ME/CFS) is a debilitating, complex, multi-system illness. Developing a comprehensive understanding of the multiple and interconnected barriers to optimal care will help advance strategies and care...

full article https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-01472-5

Abstract Functional Neurological Disorder (FND) is a common and disabling disorder, often misunderstood by clinicians. Though viewed sceptically by some, FND is a diagnosis that can be made accurately, based on positive clinical signs, with clinical features that have remained stable for over...

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/14/well/marlena-fejzo-hyperemesis-gravidarum.html?unlocked_article_code=i7exBjGLMkMQVJKOgEZ_PBv29j4GYrj4q6R0YqeSGQumAtqyVKkXwLaZ7KLVZGykBQcxBasbEjYPcILSMlSxNDlw_xrprtr7hB0f7w_NpdqRTRX0ASFJqoJE3nbD1s1ehkYpzQPzcFMspQHlhOMLG0wwGtq1IVxqeaiDdNQ3_Of5T64T45gIEO70aUzvW5kwN...

Features Ilene Ruhoy and EDS https://wapo.st/3iVKGqd

"The quality statement describes what health boards are expected to deliver to ensure good quality health services to support women and girls. Health services for women and girls Women and girls make up just over 50% of the population in Wales. Despite this, medicine and healthcare services...

Elizabeth Hintz ABSTRACT Interactions between female patients with chronic pain and their medical providers in which providers question or contest the “realness” or nature of their illness experience (e.g. “It’s all in your head”) have been reported extensively in the extant qualitative...

(Paywalled) https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/endometriosis-i-was-in-pain-for-years-why-did-no-one-help-gt0wtltcq

Full title: Sex differences in the trajectories to diagnosis of patients presenting with common somatic symptoms in primary care: an observational cohort study Highlights • Sex differences exist in diagnostic trajectories of patients with somatic symptoms. • Men with somatic symptoms receive...

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"The Department of Health and Social Care marked International Women’s Day this year with the launch of a consultation, asking women in England to share their experiences of the ‘gender health gap’. It’s a welcome gesture, but it must be backed up by action – and cold hard cash – particularly...

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/aug/05/disgusting-study-rating-attractiveness-of-women-with-endometriosis-retracted-by-medical-journal?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=twt_gu&utm_medium&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1596614249 Leonid Schneider's take on this Undress, the doctors will see you now...

or "Stop telling women they're mad when they're really ill"

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2019/nov/13/the-female-problem-male-bias-in-medical-trials This doesn't mention ME/CFS, but does mention Fibromyalgia. :eek: :arghh: o_O All in all I thought it was an interesting article.

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/oct/17/bma-apologises-to-female-doctors-over-sexism BMA apologises to female doctors over sexism Independent inquiry brands British Medical Association an ‘old boys’ club’ The BMA’s leader, Dr Chaand Nagpaul, a former chair of the committee, said: “I...