Are gender differences in the consumption of meat , fruit and vegetables similar in Finland and the Baltic countries?
The consistent association of gender and food and the similarity of gender patterning in population subgroups point to the stability of masculine versus feminine food habits. The similarity suggests that food habits contribute equally to the gender gap in health in the Baltic countries as they do in Finland.
The study demonstrates for the first time that somatosensory temporal discrimination thresholds are elevated during migraine attacks. A transient disruption of the central processing of somaesthetic stimuli during the lateralized migraine attack may provide additional information to understand the mechanisms of the cognitive and sensory perception impairment associated with migraine headache and may have diagnostic value.