Sex Hormones Link To Heart Risk

Sunday, August 31, 2008 - 21:21 in Health & Medicine

Men are more prone to – and likely to die of - heart disease compared with women of a similar age – and sex hormones are to blame, according to a new study. The findings suggest that this "male disadvantage" may be related to the sex-specific effects of naturally occurring sex hormones.

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