Forbes July 8, 2020
Geri Stengel

Women’s Health Is Ignored

For decades, clinical research was done on men for the most part, and the results were extrapolated to women. It set a precedent for ignoring women’s health. It’s only since 1993 that medical research began to include women and noticed sex/gender differences. Research and funding haven’t caught up.

The medical model is based on one gender—men. Understanding that women and men are biologically different has led to the identification of gaps in women’s health outcomes. Closing these gaps will lead to women being healthier and will lower medical costs. “There’s now more than 20 years of evidence that shows female physiology is quite different from males,” said Alicia Chong, founder and CEO, at Bloomer Tech. “Yet,...

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