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December 30th, 2011 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda - Research leader suggests that social inequality could explain women’s poorer health
By
Claire Bates
Last updated at 2:55 PM on 30th December 2011
It is common knowledge that women dash to the doctor when they fall ill while men drag their feet.
But this assumption has been undermined by a study that found women may report more illnesses because they actually are sick more often.
Scientists led by Davide Malmusi, of the Public Health Agency of Barcelona, found women did report health problems more often. However, they also suffered from a higher rate of chronic diseases.
A Spanish study found women were more likely than men to suffer from chronic muscular pain, mental disorders like depression and arthritis (posed)
They said this disproved the theory women tend to over-report health problems or pay more attention to their symptoms than men.
Writing in the latest European Journal of Public Health, they said: ‘These results suggest that the poorer self-rated health of women is a reflection of the higher burden of disease they suffer.’
The researchers looked at data from Spain’s 2006 National Health Survey, which included interviews with 29,000 people who covered a wide age-range on how they rated their health.
They found 38.8 per cent of women said their health was poor or very poor with 25.7 per cent saying a chronic condition limited their activity. This compared to 27 per cent of men who said they had poor health and 19.3 per cent reporting a chronic condition.
However, researchers found this gender difference disappeared when they matched how many chronic conditions each person had with their health rating.
Women were no more likely than men to claim to have poorer health than men when they had the same condition. Women were actually more likely to report better health than men when they had the same number of conditions.
Women were more likely to suffer from arthritis, mental disorders and muscular problems.
The researchers concluded: ‘A health system responsive to gender inequalities should increase its efforts in addressing and resolving musculoskeletal, mental and other pain disorders, usually less considered in favour of disorders with greater impact on mortality.’
Speaking to the Mail Online, Mr Malmusi said his study didn’t look at the reasons behind why women suffered from more chronic conditions.
However, he said other research suggested it was ‘because of inequalities in the access to resources, prestige, and social
roles between men and women.’
He added: ‘There are studies that show that differences between the health status
of women and men can be explained by differences in their household
income or income source.
‘Women are also undergoing more pressure about their body image, and most
importantly they are expected to take care of their children and
parents and care for their own wellbeing and self-fulfilment generally
falls behind.’
Mr Malmusi said the team are now starting a European project that will study the impact that government policies can make in areas such as welfare, the labour market and urban planning on the health of men and women.
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Actually, here in Somerset, men ARE automatically sent a prostrate cancer screening pack when they reach a certain age, just as women are called in for mammery scans and smear tests regularly from a certain age. It is not women’s fault that they are more susceptable to two particular types of cancer compared to mens susceptability to one type. Indeed, given the gendered nature of where the cancers occur, it is totally unsurprising!
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Women were actually more likely to report better health than men when they had the same number of conditions.
In other words, when men and women are equally sick, men report worse health — PROVING the “man flu” rule. Far from it being a ‘taunt’ as you claim, it’s the truth — this research proves men moan more than women do when their sickness is the same.
– Mindy, Lancashire, 30/12/2011 16:46
You clearly don’t understand science. “The same number of conditions” does not mean “equally sick” and some conditions affect men/women more than others (we are noy physically the same in case you hadn’t noticed). This is classic feminist ignorance and misreporting of science. Women take more sick days and yet they live longer – hence they must be exaggerating illnesses.
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The sicker sex? Is this a competition now?
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The only fair thing is to have two health services, one for men and one for women. Each sex would pay for its own health service, that way nobody could complain.
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@London girl, London, UK, 30/12/2011 17:37 – are you kidding? Virtually everday there is an article in the Femail DM section that show men in a negative light and attracts some vile comments from women who love bashing men. I would say I am a traditional woman who likes a man’s man – I find men bashing by women really offensive – I love men, I love the differences between the sexes. One sure way to lose your man is to nag them and demasculate them. There is good and bad in both sexes, some women ARE at the doctors every five minutes but I also know some men who are at the doctors every five minutes too.
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Women were actually more likely to report better health than men when they had the same number of conditions.this research proves men moan more than women do when their sickness is the same. – Mindy, Lancashire
“The same number of conditions” is meaningless – it depends what the conditions are. You cannot compare bowel cancer with cystitis And self reports are subjective and therefore unreliable. The fact is, men are far more likley to suffer chronic illnes than women – partly genetic, partly occupational and partly because “mens illness” tend not to be prioritised by the NHS, which puts womens healthcare needs first. Either way that is why we live on average around 10 years less than women. The idea that men moan more is ridiculous, women “discuss” (i.e moan about) their health with each other and with doctors/nurses all the time – men seldom do
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Whenever there is something obviously out of order with my heath I see it as a sensible move to see my doctor. . .
– pf, bournemouth, 30/12/2011 17:44I’d see the gardener! (Wish I could put a smiley here!)
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It’s called ATENTION SEEKING !!
– JOHN HUGHES, ELCHE SPAIN, 30/12/2011 15:50
I’ll bet you are either single or divorced at least once or that you would not say that in front of the wife!
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Women were more likely to suffer from mental disorders
They needed a survey to find that out?
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– El Cid, Castilla, 30/12/2011 17:05 – What is good for fenales should be good enough for menale’s. Menales have rights too you know. The Harperson should rule on this.
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