Women
Examples of sex-related illnesses in female humans:
- 99% of breast cancer occurs in women.
- Ovarian cancer, and other diseases of the female reproductive system occur only in women. Endometriosis, another female reproductive disorder occurs almost exclusively in women, but has rarely been found in men undergoing estrogen treatment for prostate cancer.
- More women than men suffer from osteoporosis
- Autoimmune diseases, such as Sjögren's syndrome and scleroderma, are more prevalent in women. An estimated 75 percent of those living with autoimmune diseases are female. For more information on sex and autoimmune diseases, see Autoimmunity.
- In Western cultures, more women than men suffer from eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa and bulimia
- Alzheimer's disease has a higher rate in women than in men.
- Women are more likely to suffer from unipolar clinical depression (although bipolar disorder appears to affect both sexes equally)
- Psychologists are more likely to diagnose women than men with borderline or histrionic personality disorder. There is no current agreement on whether this is because of a real underlying difference between the sexes, or simply because of deeply ingrained social attitudes.
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Famous quotes containing the word women:
“How many women does one need to sing the scale of love all the way up and down?”
—Georg Büchner (1813–1837)
“I do not consider divorce an evil by any means. It is just as much a refuge for women married to brutal men as Canada was to the slaves of brutal masters.”
—Susan B. Anthony (1820–1906)
“All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That’s his.”
—Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)