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The first world wide symposium on the topic of gender-specific medicine provided the latest research on differences in sex and/or gender in medicine and medical care. The presentations ranged beyond the topic of reproduction to encompass the entire human organism. This report critically reviews three issues that emerged during the Conference: gender mainstreaming, the concept of sex/gender differences and the issue of men's health. It suggests that the interdisciplinary concept of gender-specific medicine has to be mirrored by the integration of social and cultural studies into medical research and practice.

Comparison between Essential Hypertension and Pregnancy-induced Hypertension: a Genetic Perspective

“…Some promising attempts to establish guidelines have been presented, such as at Monash University in Australia, where gender mainstreaming has become part of the medical education program. Other such programs include the Office of Research on Women's Health at the NIH Institute (Bethesda, MD, USA), which has scheduled web-based training courses on gender/sex medicine for 2006 and at the Charité, which also will commence teaching a European graduate course in genderspecific medicine this coming year [11].…”