For years, doctors assumed that a woman’s immunity couldn’t be changing during her menstrual cycle. If she did report a difference in pain levels, doctors might dismiss it as premenstrual syndrome or some vague psychological complaint. It was only when these links were increasingly backed up by hard research that scientific interest was sparked and more research began to flourish. This problem runs all the way through research into women’s health. If a phenomenon affects women and only women, it’s all too often misunderstood. And this is compounded by the fact that even though they’re good at
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