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 third installment of our series, The Care Gap – Rethinking Women’s Health in Medicine, we turn our focus to pain management, an area where women unfortunately face too many challenges in getting adequate treatment. Women face a paradoxical situation in pain management: Despite overwhelming evidence demonstrating that women experience more pain and are …
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In the previous chapter of our series The Care Gap – Rethinking Women’s Health in Medicine, we discussed how current knowledge gaps in women’s health stem directly from the historical exclusion of females from both clinical and preclinical research. The consequences of these gaps extend beyond the laboratory and clinical trials, shaping women’s healthcare experiences in clinical …
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Welcome to our serialized overview of an important and often neglected subject in healthcare: the persistent lack of research and treatments for women. This multi-part series, “The Care Gap – Rethinking Women’s Health in Medicine,” reviews the history and institutional practices in medical research, diagnostics, and interventions that have resulted in patient care that …
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