Sex Matters, Alyson J. McGregor
Sex Matters, Alyson J. McGregor
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Sex Matters
How Male-Centric Medicine Endangers Women's Health and What We Can Do About It

Author: Alyson J. McGregor

Narrator: Hillary Huber

Unabridged: 6 hr 51 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Balance

Published: 05/19/2020


Synopsis

Get the right care for your body -- and avoid treatments that can endanger women -- with this important manual from a physician who is a leading expert on sex and gender medicine.
Sex Matters tackles one of the most urgent, yet unspoken issues facing women's health care today: all models of medical research and practice are based on male-centric models that ignore the unique biological and emotional differences between men and women -- an omission that can endanger women's lives.
The facts surrounding how male-centric medicine impacts women's health every day are chilling: in the ER, women are more likely to receive a psychiatric diagnosis with regard to opioid use, while men are more likely to be referred for detoxification; the more vocal women become about their pain, the more likely their providers are to prescribe either inadequate or inappropriate pain relief medication; women often present with nontraditional symptoms of stroke, which causes delays in recognition by both them and their health professionals; and a government accountability study found that 80% of drugs that are withdrawn from the market are due to side effects that happen to women (a result of testing drugs mostly on men).
Leading expert on sex and gender medicine Dr. Alyson McGregor focuses on the key areas where these differences are most potentially harmful, addressing:Cardiac and stroke diagnosis and treatment in womenPrescription and dosing of pharmaceuticals;Subjective evaluation of women's symptoms;Pain and pain management;Hormones and female biochemistry (including prescribed hormones);How economic status, race, and gender identity are additional critical factors.
Not only does Dr. McGregor explore these disparities in depth, she shares clear, practical suggestions for what women can do to protect themselves. A work of riveting exposé with revelatory insights and actionable guidance for navigating the medical establishment, Sex Matters is an empowering roadmap for reinventing modern medicine -- and for self-care.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Emily on September 06, 2022

Pros: - The author focuses a lot on trying to give patients some tools to try and get some control back and telling us exactly what to ask your doctor. - Inclusivity: There a whole chapter about transgender people. So many books on that topic will mention in the intro that they're basically not going......more

Goodreads review by Mary on August 31, 2021

This book kept me on the verge all the time. I learned a lot, and I think it'll help me to improve my future research plans. While working on cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging, I have witnessed how many of Dr McGregor's ideas apply to our patients and how crucial it is to count on good radio......more

Goodreads review by Katie on February 07, 2020

This book was so fascinating to me; maybe you’re not a non fiction reader, maybe medical information bores you to death; but as a female who’s been interested in all things medical and learning I was excited to read this. Men and women’s bodies are different in many other ways, so why are we just fi......more

Goodreads review by Courtney on February 01, 2020

I received an advance copy of this book from netgalley.com. This is a fairly exceptional book. The author does a great job of outlining the traditional male-centric focus in medicine, and then discussing the implications of this for women's health. Through numerous illustrative and compelling exampl......more