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Men and women have different needs even when it comes to medication. But medicine ignores this.

Men and women have different needs even when it comes to medication. But medicine ignores this.

Flavia Franconi has lived several lives. A graduate in Psychiatry, she taught Pharmacology at the University of Sassari. She then served as Health Councillor of Basilicata. But women’s health has always been at the center of her interests. Indeed, she is the “noble mother” of sex-gender medicine in Italy, and today she is also at the center of an international network as chair of the Women20 Health Commission. We asked her to tell us about the differences between the sexes when it comes to aging.

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What is oxidative stress, really?

What is oxidative stress, really?

Many metabolic processes in the body produce free radicals that, under balanced conditions, are neutralized by antioxidants. Some external agents, however, as well as certain habits and diseases, increase the production of free radicals excessively, and generate a state of oxidative stress that is dangerous to health

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