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gender-specific medicine

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gender-specific medicine
Internal medicine A recently developed 'twiglet' of internal medicine that formally studies the relationship between gender and disease. See Women's health.


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Recognizing that women tend to oversee a family's health, combined with the fact that they tend to live longer than men, and because gender-specific medicine still is in its infancy, the company launched its most recent unit, Cook Women's Health, in May 2006.
Further studies might also pinpoint the optimal doses of prescription drugs for men or women or assist researchers in crafting new, gender-specific medicines.
 
 
 
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