A systematic review from the University of St Andrews has surfaced what many clinicians long suspected but rarely quantified: women presenting with the same diagnoses as men are consistently offered less aggressive, less interventionist care — not because medicine recommends it, but because something quieter and more troubling appears to be shaping the decision. Across cardiology, surgery, transplant medicine, and emergency care, the pattern held firm even after controlling for confounding variables, leaving researchers to confront a gap that clinical guidelines do not justify and medical ethi
Study reveals women receive less active medical treatment than men for same conditions
Women with serious medical conditions receive less aggressive treatment than men, potentially affecting health outcomes and survival rates across multiple disease categories.