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Daily Telegraph: Why do we tell women they're mad, when they're really ill? Nov 18 2019

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

Thread by: Sly Saint, Nov 19, 2019, 20 replies, in forum: Health News and Research unrelated to ME/CFS
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Channel 4 Dispatches programme on Breast Implant Illness (24/06/2019)

Programme on how women were disbelieved for years when they said their breast implants were making them ill....

Thread by: JohnTheJack, Jun 24, 2019, 3 replies, in forum: Health News and Research unrelated to ME/CFS
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Duvet woman versus action man: the gendered aetiology of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome according to English newspapers, 2019, Tobbell et al

ABSTRACT Media portrayals of conditions such as Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME) demand exploration as the media is a...

Thread by: Andy, Apr 17, 2019, 21 replies, in forum: PsychoSocial ME/CFS Research
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Blog: Spoonseeker, "MUS – International Women’s Day"

A friend has asked me to post this and I thoroughly agree that this is an important issue affecting women in particular. People with M.E. may...

Thread by: Andy, Mar 9, 2019, 1 replies, in forum: General ME/CFS News
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Journal of Pediatric Psychology: Gender Bias in Pediatric Pain Assessment

Gender Bias in Pediatric Pain Assessment...

Thread by: Ravn, Jan 27, 2019, 7 replies, in forum: Health News and Research unrelated to ME/CFS
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“The Sexist Truth about Contested Illnesses” - podcast with Michael VanElzakker

[MEDIA] [MEDIA] transcript available here: [MEDIA]

Thread by: Sly Saint, Nov 16, 2018, 12 replies, in forum: General ME/CFS News
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Maya Dusenbery: When Doctors Dismiss Women's Pain

Lenny: When Doctors Dismiss Women's pain by Maya Dusenbery Many conditions that disproportionately affect women — including endometriosis,...

Thread by: Kalliope, Apr 25, 2018, 3 replies, in forum: General ME/CFS News
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NPR story (3/27/2018): How Bad Medicine Dismisses and Misdiagnoses Womens Symptoms?

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/03/27/597159133/how-bad-medicine-dismisses-and-misdiagnoses-womens-symptoms?utm_campaign=storyshare&...

Thread by: TrixieStix, Mar 31, 2018, 2 replies, in forum: Health News and Research unrelated to ME/CFS
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The Medical Care Blog: The myth of female hysteria and health disparities among women

Women with lupus, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, and even Parkinson’s disease still typically face long periods of misdiagnosis,...

Thread by: Andy, Mar 25, 2018, 7 replies, in forum: General ME/CFS News
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MUS: "Medicine has a sexism problem" by Maya Dusenbery

Medicine Has A Sexism Problem, And It’s Making Sick Women Sicker...

Thread by: MsUnderstood, Mar 6, 2018, 20 replies, in forum: General ME/CFS News
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Netherlands - Women in science are missing out on dozens of millions of euros

"Currently, 11 percent of EUR’s professors are female. Women are still underrepresented in the top echelons of science. As a result, they miss...

Thread by: Sly Saint, Feb 11, 2018, 42 replies, in forum: Health News and Research unrelated to ME/CFS
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How sexism is hindering medical research - Brisbane times Naomi Chainey

The author has ME. " 6 February 2018 — 11:00pm As recently as 1921, MS (multiple sclerosis) was erroneously considered more common in men. By the...

Thread by: Sly Saint, Feb 6, 2018, 0 replies, in forum: General ME/CFS News

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