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His/Hers Interactive quiz:

1. The appearance of coronary artery disease is ten years earlier in men than in women. True or False?

2. Men and women in the U.S. have equal rates of depression. True or False?

3. Men and women differ in:

  1. the symptoms they experience during a heart attack
  2. the danger they face during a first heart attack
  3. the treatment they receive for heart disease
  4. all of the above
  5. none of the above

4. Men are more likely than women to get:

  1. ulcerative colitis
  2. Crohn’s disease
  3. gallbladder disease
  4. all of the above
  5. none of the above

5. Men’s and women’s brains differ in:

  1. size
  2. shape
  3. serotonin production
  4. all of the above
  5. none of the above

6. Women have better memories than men and have superior verbal abilities (spelling grammar, speech fluidity, writing, vocabulary). True or False?

7. Click on the answer that correctly fills the blank. ___________ are 20 to 70 percent more likely to develop lung cancer.

  1. Women
  2. Men
  3. Neither a nor b. They have equal chances of developing lung cancer.
8. Men are vulnerable to which of the following diseases?
  1. breast cancer
  2. osteoporosis
  3. anorexia
  4. urinary tract infections
  5. migraines
  6. all of the above
Source: The Partnership for Women's Health at Columbia. Gender-Specific Aspects of Human Biology for the Practicing Physician (GSAHB); Marianne J. Legato, M.D.
9. Oxytocin, the hormone secreted from the pituitary gland during nursing and labor, also is stimulated when a woman is caressed. It appears to promote bonding with her partner. Men, on the other hand, produce far less of this hormonal relationship glue.
True or False?
Source: The Alchemy of Love and Lust; Theresa L. Crenshaw, M.D.; Putnam, 1996. Testosterone modulation of the effect of oxytocin on male sexual behavior; Arletti R., et al.; Journal of Pharmacology,179:377-81; 1990.
10. Most men can drink more alcohol than women without getting drunk because:
  1. women do not produce as much of a key stomach enzyme required to break down alcohol--therefor they absorb alcohol faster than men and it takes less to make them drunk;
  2. women tend to be smaller than men; therefore, the same amount of alcohol is absorbed over less body mass;
  3. women have a genetic tendency toward alcoholism.
  4. all of the above
  5. both a and b
Source: What Women Need to Know: From headaches to heart disease and everything in between; Marianne Legato, M.D., and Carol Colman; Simon & Schuster, 1997.



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