These results demonstrate that women have a more powerful inflammatory response than men 
Dr Maya Saleh
McGill University
Men really do have an excuse for supposedly being wimpy about coughs and colds - their immune systems are not as strong as women's, research suggests.
A Canadian study indicates that the female sex hormone oestrogen gives women's immune systems added bite at fighting off infection.
Oestrogen seems to counter an enzyme which blocks the inflammatory process.
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That's true. Women are generally more resistant to infectious diseases.
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