Estrogen is responsible for slow wound healing in women

Monday, April 2, 2012 - 10:30 in Health & Medicine

Estrogen causes wounds in women to heal slower than in men -- who have lower levels of estrogen -- says a new study. Researchers provide the first evidence that mild injury response in the eye is fundamentally different in males and females because of estrogen.

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