Should we use “sex” and “gender” interchangeably when discussing people? A recent article in the prestigious academic journal, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), provides one ...

Health care and research need to do a better job of taking into account sex and gender differences that can affect disease, healthy behaviors, and care delivery, according to speakers at the European ...

Overall comparison of the experimental power literature and sex/gender difference meta-analyses. Overall, 70.6% of sex/gender differences were consistent with the effects of experimentally induced ...

Is it a sex difference or a gender difference? According to the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, "Gender is cultural and is the term to use when referring to women and men ...

Biological sex and gender identity expression, though largely interconnected, can sometimes hold different meanings for different people. (Illustration: Nathalie Cruz; photos: Getty) Though the terms ...

Researchers found that both how often and how much someone drinks significantly shape their cancer risk, even at moderate ...

One of the largest MRI-based studies comparing knee injuries between men and women reveals surprising differences in injury ...

New research shows that a single keystroke shapes perceptions of credibility, likability, and authority — and exposes ...

Some of the voices that have been marginalized are working to deliver difficult truths about gender identity issues, writes Christine Hawes.

However, girls tend to be more diligent in elementary school and get better grades in math class throughout their schooling. And girls and boys across the grades tend to score similarly on state math ...