Why Do Women Live Longer Than Men? You’re Right, It’s Estrogen!

Click Here To PrintThe following is part of the “abstract” (introduction) to the article cited below, with [comments and—for those few need them—explanations by me]. “Females live longer than males in many mammalian species, including humans…the oxidative damage of mitochondrial DNA is fourfold higher in males than in females. Ovariectomy [surgical removal of ovaries] abolishes...