I’ll Have the Female Doc

April 26, 2007 - 10:08 AM by

The latest study on sleep deprivation in the medical world:

Women are better at it than men.

An Israel-conducted study published in the international journal Studies of Ethno-Medicine shows that when it comes to male and female sleep deprived docs, females function better without sleep. They are also more aware of their non-functioning i.e. limitations when exhausted and sleep deprived.

The study was conducted in pediatric wards of three Israel hospitals where doctors were asked to logon to a computer and test reaction times at the start and finish of their shifts. And..

“Among the women there was a drop in response time but among the men the drop was drastic,” cites Dr. Dafna Karib of the testing institute.

Make mine an XX please. Thanks

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