sex
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Even though both sexes had similar levels of caffeine in their systems, females displayed much higher levels of impulsive behavior.
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Mental health professionals are adamant that a skilled clinician can work with both sexes and that a therapist’s gender rarely determines outcome.
Her research focuses on how shifts in gut health and differences between sexes affect metabolism throughout a person's life.
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Researchers also noted that men generally have higher tyrosine levels than women, which may help explain part of the longstanding lifespan gap between the sexes.
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Yet the role of a do-nothing prince consort doesn’t suit the dutiful, and now fiercely faithful, Alfred, and a war of wills—and of the sexes—ensues.
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