Healthcare IT News January 29, 2025
Investing in women’s health is not just a matter of improving healthcare outcomes – it’s a smart economic strategy with significant benefits.
Women face unique health challenges that are often overlooked in both clinical practice and medical research. In a recent report titled “Redesigning healthcare with women in mind,” Kearney reveals that despite women making up 70% of chronic pain patients, 80% of pain medications have been tested exclusively on men or male mice. Moreover, women are twice as likely as men to suffer from depression, anxiety and Alzheimer’s disease, yet these conditions remain under-researched and underfunded.
Gender differences in research extend to treatment practices. The Kearney report “Redesigning healthcare with women in mind” notes that women with type 1...
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