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Tuesday, December 26, 2017

Man Flu


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Science Confirms the Once-Mocked ‘Man Flu’ Is a Real Thing



Despite the comedic stereotype that ‘Man Flu’ often connotes, evidence is ‘suggestive of an immunity gap.’ Unsplash/Tim Gouw
According to a study published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ), the once-mocked “Man Flu” is a real thing, raising questions as to whether men are “immunologically inferior.” The “Man Flu” phenomenon has been notoriously debated over the years, even earning a spot in the Oxford and Cambridge dictionaries. Canadian doctor Kyle Sue, family physician based in Arviat, Nunavut, conducted a review of scientific literature to investigate immunological differences in gender after finding multiple studies contradicting the popular belief that “man flu” is pure exaggeration./.../

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