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@realitista@lemmy.world to science@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years ago

US men are dying much earlier than women, as death 'gender gap' widens: Study

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US men are dying much earlier than women, as death 'gender gap' widens: Study

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@realitista@lemmy.world to science@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years ago
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The gap in life expectancy between American men and women is now the biggest it has been since the mid-1990s—almost six years.
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    You have any sources for that? Never heard of this before; sounds interesting.

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      There are different studies depending on the pathogen or diesease. But this one describes some of the more general effects I mean:

      Sex differences in immune responses

      Paywalled, but it provides a good list of additional sources via it’s references and list of articles that cite it: The influence of sex and gender on the immune response

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