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SOMETIMES the best tests in medicine can’t explain what is going on in our bodies. And when that happens, it is more often women who are turned away with a shrug and told the problem is “all in your head”.
That is troublesome enough if there is an identifiable physical problem: study after study has shown that women’s medical concerns are taken less seriously than men’s. Women face longer delays before getting a diagnosis, are more likely to have to return to a GP several times before being referred for investigations, and are less likely to have their condition…
