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11 Jul Panel urges more research on women and chronic diseases

Posted at 13:02h in Clinical Trials, Health Equity, Clinical Research by

By Sabrina Malhi, The Washington Post

Research into chronic conditions affecting women is significantly lacking, and the National Institutes of Health and other agencies should do more to investigate issues that lead to worse medical treatment for women, a new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine says.

Women are disproportionately affected by chronic illnesses, including Alzheimer’s disease and depression, according to the study requested by NIH’s Office of Research on Women’s Health and published Wednesday.

But inadequate research in women’s health “hinders a comprehensive understanding of the impact on women” of these and other chronic illnesses, the report’s authors write. Further research is needed, particularly for Black women, who are more likely to die of a chronic illness than White women, the study says. Read more…