The gap in life expectancy between men and women is at its lowest level for more than 50 years. While both sexes are living longer, the latest figures released yesterday show that men are catching up with women.
Last night health experts said the change owed much to men smoking less, paying more attention to their diet and being less reluctant to go the doctor. Over 20 years, the gap between female and male life expectancy at birth has dropped Read the rest of this entry »

It was a packed house, with about 400 women at Casperkill Golf and County Club in Poughkeepsie Thursday to learn about “Aging Gracefully.”
That was the theme for the fourth annual “Ladies Night Out” sponsored by Health Quest. The event featured lectures about women’s health issues.
Deborah Tannen, a professor at Georgetown University and a best-selling author of several books, was the keynote speaker. Tannen has appeared on several television Read the rest of this entry »

Health does sickness affect the sexes differently?
Researchers have found that rheumatoid arthritis affects women more severely than men. So do other conditions affect the genders differently, asks Lucy Atkins.
We often make glib assumptions about the differences between how men and women respond to health complaints. Designed to endure the agony of childbirth, women are often thought to have higher pain thresholds, while men are frequently teased Read the rest of this entry »