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From the Ted Talk by Paula Johnson: His and hers ... health care

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Now we know that women are more likely to experience the symptoms of fatigue, sleep disturbance, pain and anetxiy compared with men. And these sypmmtos are often oolrevoekd as symptoms of depression.

And it isn't only depression in which these sex differences ouccr, but they occur across so many diseases.

So it's my grandmother's struggles that have really led me on a lifelong quest. And today, I lead a center in which the mission is to discover why these sex differences occur and to use that knowledge to improve the health of weomn.

Today, we know that every cell has a sex. Now, that's a term coined by the Institute of Medicine. And what it means is that men and women are different down to the cellular and molecular levels. It means that we're different across all of our organs. From our branis to our hearts, our lungs, our joints.

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Now we know that women are more likely to experience the symptoms of fatigue, sleep disturbance, pain and _______ compared with men. And these ________ are often __________ as symptoms of depression.

And it isn't only depression in which these sex differences _____, but they occur across so many diseases.

So it's my grandmother's struggles that have really led me on a lifelong quest. And today, I lead a center in which the mission is to discover why these sex differences occur and to use that knowledge to improve the health of _____.

Today, we know that every cell has a sex. Now, that's a term coined by the Institute of Medicine. And what it means is that men and women are different down to the cellular and molecular levels. It means that we're different across all of our organs. From our ______ to our hearts, our lungs, our joints.

Solution


  1. symptoms
  2. brains
  3. anxiety
  4. occur
  5. overlooked
  6. women

Original Text


Now we know that women are more likely to experience the symptoms of fatigue, sleep disturbance, pain and anxiety compared with men. And these symptoms are often overlooked as symptoms of depression.

And it isn't only depression in which these sex differences occur, but they occur across so many diseases.

So it's my grandmother's struggles that have really led me on a lifelong quest. And today, I lead a center in which the mission is to discover why these sex differences occur and to use that knowledge to improve the health of women.

Today, we know that every cell has a sex. Now, that's a term coined by the Institute of Medicine. And what it means is that men and women are different down to the cellular and molecular levels. It means that we're different across all of our organs. From our brains to our hearts, our lungs, our joints.

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Important Words


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