PSY 349 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Preventive Healthcare, Prescription Drug, Immune System
6 Feb 2017
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Gender gap has persisted for at least the last century. We"(cid:448)e (cid:271)ee(cid:374) a(cid:271)le to de(cid:272)(cid:396)ease (cid:373)e(cid:374)"s deaths f(cid:396)o(cid:373) hea(cid:396)t disease (cid:373)o(cid:396)e tha(cid:374) (cid:449)o(cid:373)e(cid:374)"s deaths from heart disease; increased prevalence in lung cancer in women. People are living longer because they are living with diseases instead of dying from them. Women perceive themselves to be less healthy than men do. Women use more health services compared to men: peaks in child breaking years. Women use health services more for preventative visits. Genes: more men than women for disorders with a genetic basis because women are more often carriers (extra x chromosome) Hormones: estrogen is often protective of the cardiovascular system, but can contribute to harm in cancer and osteoarthritis. Immune system: some evidence that women are more resistant than men to infections; men may have lower rates of certain proteins that are involved in immune function; women are more vulnerable to diseases that affect the immune system.
