History has shown that women tend to outlive men. There have been and still are many misconceptions as to what factors contributed to this trend. Although women outlive men, the data on different longevity is certainly persuasive. In western countries women live an average of five to ten years longer than men. Much of the difference is explained by the risk-taking phenomenon: young men are much more likely than young women to die from road …
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…autoimmune disease. Now we already know that there are many differences between men and women, but we recently found out that these differences extend beyond the most obvious area such as the reaction to specific drugs, how men and women respond to the same disease, or metabolize the same compounds. The more scientists look for such differences the more they find, and the more they recognize the importance of these differences. WHY WOMEN OUTLIVE MEN