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Almost 25 years since scientists first identified the difference in anesthetic sensitivity between males and females, new research suggests that sex hormones make men more responsive to this state of unconsciousness – and women far less so.Earlier studies have shown that women take longer to be 'put under', to emerge from anesthetic faster than men, and are more likely to experience rare occurrences of awareness while on the operating table. But why this is has been largely theory-based and understudied, which should not…