March 3, 2011

Woman Has 5 Health Benefit Than Man

Be a woman has some health benefits, for example, on average woman live five years longer than man.
Based on the results showed that woman also have a lower risk than man to develop a medical condition. About woman have a lower risk of any medical condition?

These 5 medical conditions that woman have a lower risk, as quoted from MyHealthNewsDaily :

1. Liver cancer
woman tend to have lower risk for developing hepatocellular carcinoma than man. Hepatocellular carcinoma is the most common type of liver cancer.

The incidence rate for males is about 3 times higher than woman. This is according to a report in 2010 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Researchers at the University of Bologna, Italy reached the same conclusion in 2001 after studying 417 Italian patients, 313 of these patients is liver cirrhosis. Liver cirrhosis is a risk factor for hepatocellular carcinoma and the rest with hepatocellular carcinoma. The results of these studies have appeared in the journal Gut.

woman with fatal cases of liver cancer may live longer than man with the disease. Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh found that, on average, woman who have tumors that can not be taken to surgery can still live up to 5 months. The results of these studies have been published in published in Hepatology International.

2.  Parkinson's disease

Based on the analysis of seven studies have been conducted by researchers from the University of Virginia School of Medicine reported that, man were 1.5 times more likely to develop Parkinson's disease compared to woman.

One reason for these differences, it may be that estrogen protects woman from neurodegenerative disorders. However, the effect is not well understood. It is based on research results that have been published in the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry.

Among people who have Parkinson's, some symptoms may be more pronounced in woman. For example, female patients had more chronic fatigue than male patients. It has been demonstrated in a study conducted by researchers from University Hospital, Akershus, Norway and has been published in the journal Movemant Disorders.

3. Melanoma

According to the National Cancer Institute, of 68,000 people in the United States are diagnosed with melanoma in 2010, almost 39 000 or 57 percent were male. One reason for the lower incidence rates in woman may be because woman tend to take preventative maintenance steps to protect the skin.

In a survey of 31 428 Americans by researchers from Centracare Researchers Clinic, Minnesota, approximately 11.2 percent of woman say stay in the shade, compared with 6.2 percent of man. The results of these studies have been published in the American Journal of Surgery.

Beyond gender differences, researchers from the University of Texas Medical Branch found an association between melanoma and income levels of society. Melanoma is more common among Americans with higher incomes, which may be more frequently exposed to sunlight.

4. Head and neck cancer

man three times more likely to develop squamous head and neck cancer compared to woman. This is according to the results of a study published in the journal cancer journal CA. Squamous cell cancers arise from flat found on the surface of the skin and lining of organs.

Researchers from the National Cancer Institute found that male smokers have a higher incidence of head and neck cancer compared to woman smokers. This research has been published in the journal Cancer.

The researchers suspected that estrogen and progesterone levels are higher in woman may decrease the risk for head and neck cancers, and cancers of the upper gastrointestinal tract, including stomach and esophagus.

5. Barrett's esophagus

woman seem to have a lower risk for developing Barrett's esophagus compared with man. Barrett esophagus is a condition where the lining of the esophagus damaged by stomach acid.

According to a study published in The American Journal of Gastroenterology, is two-fold condition occurs more in man than woman among Mayo Clinic patients who are being treated for throat problems,

Researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch also found that Barrett's esophagus is more common among man. The results of these studies have been published in Digestive Diseases and Sciences.

When the researchers from the Portland VA Medical Center in Oregon examined hospitalization data associated with gastroesophageal reflux disease found that, Barrett esophagus and esophageal cancer is more common in man than woman. The results of these studies have appeared in the researchers of the Portland VA Medical Center in Oregon.

Female sex hormones may protect woman from developing Barrett's esophagus, but further research is still needed to understand the difference.