Latest findings suggest that women have better protection and are better defended against the flu compared to men. Estrogen is found to help ward of the flu virus which may explain why men experience the flu worse than women. Furthermore, the findings may help create more effective flu treatments for both men and women.

Researchers conducted experiments on nasal cells from men and women where researchers found that estrogen helps minimize the flu virus’s ability to replicate.

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