People get sick differently. Gender medicine is working together with precision medicine to better research gender-specific differences and incorporate the results into patient care and teaching.
Gender medicine aims to improve research into gender differences and incorporate the results into patient care and teaching.
Gender differences are noticeable in many diseases: The risk of developing Alzheimer’s or dying from a heart attack is significantly higher for women than for men. In addition, women suffer more often from thyroid diseases, rheumatism, and disorders of the immune system. Men, on the other hand, are more often affected by Parkinson’s disease and are more likely to die from Covid-19. Taking gender differences into account benefits both women and men, and should be fostered through medical research.
With its professorship for gender medicine, UZH is setting new standards and promoting research and teaching in gender-specific treatment.
