Medical Research from Mars Can Fail Patients from Venus

Historically, federal dollars inadvertently flowed to medical research with a disproportionate focus on men’s health. There are several reasons for this. Decades ago, many scientists concluded men were easier to study because they weren’t subject to frequent hormonal changes that could complicate a study’s design or the interpretation of its results. Also, safety concerns for pregnant women once resulted in broad exclusions of women with “child-bearing potential” fr