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The Cost of Men’s Sports
Wednesday, 04 January 2023
by Marianne J. Legato
One of the most startling and unexpected events in sports is the sudden death during the play of a young athlete. Herodotus recorded the death of the Athenian’s fleetest runner, Pheidippides, who had been sent to seek help from Sparta during the Persian invasion; he ran 167 miles to reach the Spartans, the raced back
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Falling in Love Made Men and Women More Like Each Other
Tuesday, 27 September 2022
by Marianne J. Legato
Dr. Marazziti speculates that this similarity in hormone levels helps to solidify relationships in their shaky early stages by erasing differences. Women with higher
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Why Men Never Remember and Women Never Forget
For Men Only
Monday, 26 September 2022
by Marianne J. Legato
There’s an old joke: God is handing out his very last gifts to the new couple in Paradise. He announces: I’ve only got two things left.
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Presentation to IGM 10th Annual Meeting
Friday, 23 September 2022
by Marianne J. Legato
Marianne J. LegatoMarianne J. Legato, MD, Ph. D. (hon. c.), FACP is an internationally renowned academic, physician, author, lecturer, and pioneer in the field of gender-specific medicine. She is a Professor Emerita of Clinical Medicine at Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons and an Adjunct Professor of Medicine at Johns Hopkins Medical School. Dr.
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Why Men Die First How to Lengthen Your Lifespan
Monday, 29 August 2022
by Marianne J. Legato
Depression has a widespread and devastating impact on health. It is associated with disturbances in the endocrine, cardiovascular and immune systems as well as affecting bone health. The risk of coronary artery disease is three times higher among men with a diagnosis of depression; interestingly, there is no increased risk for women. After they have had a heart attack, depressed patients have a 3.5 increase in cardiovascular mortality. Applying new criteria developed by the World Bank, Harvard University, and the World Heath Organization, researches found that major depression is the leading cause of disability and lost days from work in developed countries, including the United States.
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Why Men Never Remember and Women Never Forget
Monday, 29 August 2022
by Marianne J. Legato
One of the very first questions I get when I’m learning about the implications of the sex differences between men and women is, “Why are we only just learning about this now?”
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Bad Breath
Thursday, 04 August 2022
by Marianne J. Legato
Q. I have a new boyfriend and a new problem – bad breath. Recently, much to my embarrassment, my boyfriend commented that my breath was bad, and suggested that I see a dentist. My dentist told me that my teeth are fine, but my breath still isn’t. I brush regularly and use mouthwash, what more can I do?
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What Women Need to Know
Male Libido – Men and Sex
Monday, 01 August 2022
by Marianne J. Legato
Why Men Die First Chapter 6- The Male Libido – Men and Sex Listen to the dry voice of science on the subject of monogamy: Monogamous pair bonds are relatively rare among mammalian species…only about 3 percent of mammalian species display such bonds, and even fewer appear to exhibit obligate monogamy [1] And this:
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What the World Thinks of Women
Friday, 22 April 2022
by Marianne J. Legato
I have lived a life of privilege in a society where my education and opportunities to contribute to others are respected and acknowledged. But most women in the world are not as fortunate: the horrendous injustices and abuses that the majority have experienced (and which are not only tolerated but perpetuated) have troubled me all my
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Are the Great Apes Really Special?
Friday, 22 April 2022
by Marianne J. Legato
At the beginning of the new year in a new century that has witnessed some of the most profound changes in biomedical science, it seems important to consider the meaning of what we have discovered and whether our views of the new powers we have acquired are perhaps simplistic. Certainly, our view of how life
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