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Men get sick because they don't have the hormones that boost women's immune system, according to new research.
Man flu is not a myth as a lack of female sex hormone mean they have weaker immune systems.
Scientists from Harvard University have shown that a lack of oestrogen makes men more likely to succumb to pneumonia and other respiratory diseases.
Yet a simple dose of oestrogen was enough to cure both males and females of the serious lung infection.
Professor Lester Kobzik at the Harvard University School of Public Health found females are naturally more resistant to respiratory infections than males.
The study showed that increased resistance to bacterial pneumonia in female mice is linked to the enzyme nitric oxide synthase 3 (NOS3), which is ultimately activated by the release of the female sex hormone estrogen.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/11168672/Man-flu-isnt-a-myth-after-all.html
Man flu is not a myth as a lack of female sex hormone mean they have weaker immune systems.
Scientists from Harvard University have shown that a lack of oestrogen makes men more likely to succumb to pneumonia and other respiratory diseases.
Yet a simple dose of oestrogen was enough to cure both males and females of the serious lung infection.
Professor Lester Kobzik at the Harvard University School of Public Health found females are naturally more resistant to respiratory infections than males.
The study showed that increased resistance to bacterial pneumonia in female mice is linked to the enzyme nitric oxide synthase 3 (NOS3), which is ultimately activated by the release of the female sex hormone estrogen.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/11168672/Man-flu-isnt-a-myth-after-all.html
