A clarion call about the dangers of male-centric medicine for women, Sex Matters by Dr Alyson McGregor, leading expert on gender medicine, will empower women to get the right care for their bodies. It tackles one of the most urgent, yet unspoken issues facing women's health care today: our models of medical research and practice are based on studies that ignore the unique biological and emotional differences between men and women - an omission that endangers women's lives. Dr McGregor focuses on these key areas: • How economic status, race, and gender identity are additional critical factors. • Cardiac and stroke diagnosis and treatment in women; • Prescription and dosing of pharmaceuticals; • Subjective evaluation of women's symptoms; • Pain and pain management; • Hormones and female biochemistry (including prescribed hormones); Not only does Dr McGregor explore these disparities in depth, she shares, practical suggestions for what we can do. A work of riveting expose, revelatory insights into the medical establishment Sex Matters is an empowering roadmap for reinventing modern medicine - and for self-care.
