Tuesday, November 01, 2005

Your Brain's Sex Can Make You Ill

By Michelle Roberts
BBC News health reporter


Scientists say they have proof that the sex of the brain makes men and women more prone to different diseases.


Doctors know that women are more likely than men to have depression, anxiety or an eating disorder, while men are at higher risk of Parkinson's disease.


Post-mortem and brain imaging studies show that male and female brains are physically different.


Now scientists say they can to link the two together and suggest future disease cures may be "gender-specific".


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