Older men more likely than women to die after pneumonia

Thursday, April 30, 2009 - 09:00 in Health & Medicine

Differing biological response to infection between men and women may explain higher death rates among older men who are hospitalised with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). The findings, published online in the Critical Care Medicine journal, may have important implications for understanding sex differences in life expectancy...

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