The disease has sickened humans for thousands of years and wiped out a significant chunk of Europe’s population in the 14th century during what’s known as the Black Death. Though rare, the plague is still around today and is treated with antibiotics.
The researchers suggest that traditional norms of masculinity, as well as a stereotypical perception of female doctors as caregivers, may explain why men are more likely to withhold symptoms from their male physicians.
According to an influential study published by The Lancet in 2001, one out of 10 patients who go into cardiac arrest will come back with a new core memory.