"Sex and gender medicine" is the original name of gender medicine. It is important to define medical concepts without ignoring key terminology. The purpose of "sex and gender medicine" is to focus on both sex and gender differences, to analyze how these two sides of the human being overlap and, finally, to improve their medical understanding. On the one hand sex, besides defining male and female, refers to the biological differences among humans, animals, tissues and cells. On the other, the concept of gender is applicable only to humans, and includes identity, roles and relations in the society. However, despite its 20 years of history, gender medicine is still little known. Biological differences among cardiovascular diseases are ignored. Symptoms and their expressions, which may be different in women, are often described as "atypical" because of the masculine vision of the heart attack and pain. Similarly, anxious syndrome is often conceived as the first reason to explain chest discomfort in women. In reality, prejudices and vagueness around women still dominate prevention and medical treatment. Our objective is to distinguish the concepts of sex and gender in order to understand the best way to face differences and medical knowledge in both.
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