Women die from their first heart attack much more often than men because the symptoms often progress differently and are less often recognized as a heart attack. Gender medicine specialist Prof. Dr. Ute Seeland draws attention to this. On Wednesday, June 17, 2026, she will give a lecture at the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina in Halle on the topic of “Gender-sensitive medicine – why, why, why?”.

Seeland is a specialist in internal medicine at the Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg and has been head of the first university outpatient clinic for gender-sensitive medicine in Germany since 2024. In her lecture, she will explain how biological factors such as gender, hormone status and physiology must be taken into account together with socio-cultural influences in order to enable better diagnostics and therapy. Especially in research and clinical trials, women have often been insufficiently taken into account so far.

Before the lecture at 6:30 p.m., Leopoldina President Prof. Dr. Bettina Rockenbach will present the membership certificates to new members of Class III – Medicine at 5:30 p.m. The event in the main building of the Leopoldina (Jägerberg 1) is aimed at all interested parties and is free of charge. Registration is required by Monday, June 15.

Gender-sensitive medicine pursues a systems biology approach and is intended to help ensure that diseases are detected and treated equally in both sexes. The Leopoldina Lecture is recognized by the Medical Association of Saxony-Anhalt as a continuing education event.

On the following day, 18 June, a Class III symposium entitled “Latest Findings from Medicine” will also take place, at which other current medical topics will be discussed. This symposium is also recognized as advanced training.

Further information:

Leopoldina: German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina

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