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Does Sex Really Matter?

For years it’s been thought lifestyle was to blame but this film reveals how the latest research, suggests it’s not all down to lifestyle but to sex. It turns out women are the fitter sex. But they are also let down by medicine and the wider society, thanks to a dangerous gender data gap which is costing lives.

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Does Sex Really Matter?

Season 1 Episode 1 | 49m 7s | CC

For years it’s been thought lifestyle was to blame but this film reveals how the latest research, suggests it’s not all down to lifestyle but to sex. It turns out women are the fitter sex. But they are also let down by medicine and the wider society, thanks to a dangerous gender data gap which is costing lives.

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