New research shows the X chromosome influences disease risk, immunity and drug response beyond its role in sex.

Should we use “sex” and “gender” interchangeably when discussing people? A recent article in the prestigious academic journal, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), provides one ...

The notion of gender equality 25 is often used to refer to equality between women and men. It describes a state of affairs in which women and men enjoy equal rights and opportunities, where the ...

A new study reveals that sex differences in academic strengths are found throughout the world and girls' relative advantage in reading and boys' in science is largest in gender-equal countries. Gender ...

I teach and write about gender. So, I may say, or write, something like: “On average, men are more aggressive than women.” My statements like these are sometimes met with agreement (“that is so true!” ...

Overall comparison of the experimental power literature and sex/gender difference meta-analyses. Overall, 70.6% of sex/gender differences were consistent with the effects of experimentally induced ...

Most Americans, including majorities of men, women, Republicans and Democrats, say men and women are different in many ways. But there are gaps by gender and partisanship when it comes to views of ...

Jonathan Wosen is STAT’s West Coast biotech & life sciences reporter. You can reach Jonathan on Signal at jwosen.27. Researchers have long known that, in general, women are more susceptible to ...

Bariatric surgery is an effective weight loss procedure that has become increasingly common in the past 20 years, but it is unfortunately still underutilized across genders. Because this procedure is ...