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Both men and women need strong bones, but their skeletons grow differently across ages

  • Written by Paul Anderson, Associate Research Professor, School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences, University of South Australia
imageBone is a dynamic tissue that is continually broken down and reformed throughout life.from shutterstock.com

Men and women respond differently to diseases and treatments for biological, social and psychological reasons. In this series on Gender Medicine, experts explore these differences and the importance of approaching treatment and diagnosis...

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  12. Medicine's gender revolution: how women stopped being treated as 'small men'
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  14. The Goldwater rule prevents psychiatrists diagnosing Trump from afar but some say there's too much at stake
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