Twenty years and still counting: including women as participants and studying sex and gender in biomedical research

• Published in: BMC women's health Vol. 15; no. 1; p. 94
• Main Authors: Mazure, Carolyn M., Jones, Daniel P.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 26.10.2015; BioMed Central
• Subjects: Accountability; Accounting; Biomedical research; Biomedical Research - methods; Cardiovascular disease; Congressional investigations; Debate; Female; Funding; Gender; Gender differences; Health aspects; Health promotion; Hormone replacement therapy; Humans; Initiatives; Interdisciplinary aspects; Interpersonal Relations; Male; Medical equipment; Medical research; Mens health; Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act 2010-US; Patient Selection; Public health; Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; Researchers; Studies; United States; Women; Womens health; United States; United States > US

This paper chronicles attempts in the United States over the past 20 years to fully represent women in clinical trials and ensure the study of sex and gender in biomedical research. We maintain that productive science with the aim of serving the public health requires examining the influence of sex...