Women’s pain and discomfort have been ignored in healthcare. Here are two ways that’s changing.
Two major developments in women’s health have made headlines recently: less invasive alternatives to the Pap smear – long considered an “unpleasant but necessary evil” in cervical cancer screening – and new guidelines for managing pain during IUD insertion, a…
Women receive worse pain management from both male and female health professionals | Health
Key findings Women are less likely than men to receive adequate pain treatment Women are less likely to receive painkillers than men, even if their symptoms are the same Nurses tend to underestimate women’s pain TUESDAY, Aug. 13, 2024 (HealthDay…
