Sex-based discrimination in medicine costs lives

22 September 2026: Readers respond to an article on women being less likely than men to be offered active treatment for the same conditions

Sex-based discrimination is not new, but the fact that women with the same health conditions as men – from kidney to heart to liver problems – are less likely to be offered treatment continues to shock us. These are not just men’s issues, as they have historically been treated, but conditions that significantly affect women.