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Many women are not getting the right kind of attention.
Looking at historical records gives us an idea of how we can fail to fully understand medical conditions if the patient is denied a voice.
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Looking at historical health-care records can reveal how misunderstanding of a medical condition first came to develop and why it may not be being treated properly.
Some women are very sensitive to small shifts in hormones, others aren’t.
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In recent times, we have learnt more about the connections between the “reproductive” or gonadal hormones and the brain, and how they affect not only women but men as well.