Women Are Diagnosed Later Than Men 
for the Same Diseases, Study Says Women were diagnosed about four years later than men, according to a recent study of hundreds of diseases. The study included health data from 6.9 million Danish people. Søren Brunak, University of Copenhagen, via Reuters Women received cancer diagnoses 
about 2.5 years after men, and about 4.5 years later for 
metabolic diseases like diabetes. Søren Brunak, via Reuters Dr. Noel Bairey Merz, of Cedars-Sinai 
Smidt Heart Institute, Dr. Noel Bairey Merz, via Reuters