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[size=12pt]Women's lung muscles have to work harder than men's :
making breathlessness more common after exercise,
say scientists in Canada.[/size]
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The research was conducted at McGill University.....Montreal !
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"In both health and diseases, women are more likely to show signs of breathlessness
after physical activity than men,"
said lead researcher Dr Dennis Jensen.
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"Women have biologically smaller lungs and they have to activate respiratory muscles more to move a given amount of air."
He said it was an "important insight into why women with emphysema and heart failure have worse breathing symptoms than men".
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The study compared 25 men and 25 women , exercising on a bicycle.
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Even with a man and a woman of equal size , Kwami and socafighter : [img alt=::LOL::]http://www.westindiesforum.com/Smileys/forum/laughing.png[/img]
socafighter lungs are smaller and her airways narrower.
BUT she mouth bigger with nuff Picong , mamaguy and bacchanal !
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Now, now ketch there you go including me . Have you no respect for my wit all this time?
I could easily have said that you don't need no expert from Mc Gill to tell you about women physiology when you are an expert yourself .
After all three women left you but like I said , I wont say it 8)
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I thought that you would more of an expert on thigh muscles rather than lung muscles being the wuk bench king and all 8)