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Manflu - are men immunologically inferior?
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21 minutes
Released:
Dec 12, 2017
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Podcast episode
Description
Manflu, the phenomenon that men experience the symptoms of viral illness more than woman, is usually used with derision - but a new review, published in the Christmas edition, is asking - is there a plausible biological basis for this sex difference?
Kyle Sue is a clinical assistant professor in family medicine at Memorial University of Newfoundland, and a GP in northern Canada - and has been looking at the research on sex difference in immune response.
Read the full article:
http://www.bmj.com/content/359/bmj.j5560
Kyle Sue is a clinical assistant professor in family medicine at Memorial University of Newfoundland, and a GP in northern Canada - and has been looking at the research on sex difference in immune response.
Read the full article:
http://www.bmj.com/content/359/bmj.j5560
Released:
Dec 12, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode
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