The NIH must address disparities in women’s health research funding

Th NIH IH must address disparities in women’s health research funding, authors say.

Women are 50 percent more likely than men to die in the the week ter a this month ack, they say.

Writers: Until far too recently, the default was to use a 154-lb. white male as the norm in biomedical research.

Women experience unique health conditions related to puberty, pregnancy, childbirth and 30 years ago

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She says funding bias for diseases that favor males is twice as great as that for females.

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