What is Yentl Syndrome?

<p><strong>What is Yentl Syndrome? </strong></p><br><p>You may have already heard about examples of sexist bias in medicine. Well Yentl Syndrome is a perfect demonstration of how women and men sometimes receive different medical treatment. American cardiologist Bernadine Healy, a former President of the National Institutes of Health, came up with the name in 1991, as the title of a paper in the <em>New England Journal of Medicine</em>. To sum up, her evidence seemed to suggest that men were taken more seriously than women when claiming to be sick.</p><br><p><strong>Where does the name come from? How exactly does the treatment differ? How have things changed in recent years? </strong><a href="https://podcasts.ba-ba-bam.com/do-you-really-know/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>In under 3 minutes, we answer your questions!</strong></a></p><br><p><strong>To listen to the last episodes, you can click here:</strong></p><p><a href="https://podcasts.ba-ba-bam.com/do-you-really-know/202112080700-what-ghostbusters.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">What is Ghostbusters?</a></p><p><a href="https://podcasts.ba-ba-bam.com/do-you-really-know/202112070756-what-advent-calendar.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">What is an Advent calendar?</a></p><p><a href="https://podcasts.ba-ba-bam.com/do-you-really-know/202112060900-what-reality-shifting.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">What is reality shifting?</a></p><br><p>A podcast written and realised by Joseph Chance.</p><br><p><em>In partnership with upday UK.</em></p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>