In the previous chapters of this series, we revealed how the historic exclusion of women from research, along with long-standing gaps in addressing female-specific health issues continues to have far-reaching consequences for diagnostics, treatment options and outcomes. Decades of underrepresentation within clinical trials, gaps in provider training, the legacy of the WHI 2002 report on …
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As we continue our series on The Care Gap – Rethinking Women’s Health in Medicine, this sixth installment focuses on mental health − an area with complex disparities. While women seek professional help for depression at twice the rate of men, gender biases in diagnosis and treatment have disadvantaged both men and women. In the …
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In this second part of Chapter 5, we continue our focus on issues specific to women’s health and discuss gaps in supporting pregnancy from preconception to postpartum care. Maternal Morbidity: Behind the eight ball In the USA, after decades of decline, the number of women who die from complications due to pregnancy and childbirth started …
In this fifth installment of our series “The Care Gap – Rethinking Women’s Health in Medicine,” we explore female-specific health issues which often present a complex web of symptoms that are frequently misunderstood or dismissed by healthcare professionals. In researching this area, we found so many inequities, we decided to split this chapter into two …
As we continue our series on The Care Gap – Rethinking Women’s Health in Medicine, this fourth chapter examines a disturbing phenomenon known as medical gaslighting and how intersecting forms of discrimination (such as race, socioeconomic status, and other implicit biases), compound the challenges faced by women seeking medical care. Medical Gaslighting In 2023, the …
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