Health of Women Study
Finally, a study to discern the causes for breast cancer and where research efforts should be focused. The Health of Women Study, or HOW Study, sponsored by the Dr. Susan Love Research Foundation seeks to collect health-related information from a large participant pool over time to answer questions that researchers and the general public have […]
Embedding Concepts of Sex and Gender Health Differences into Medical Curricula
Virginia M. Miller, PhD,1 Morrisa Rice, MHA,2 Londa Schiebinger, PhD,3Marjorie R. Jenkins, MD,4 Janice Werbinski, MD,5 Ana Nu´n˜ez, MD,6Susan Wood, PhD,7 Thomas R. Viggiano, MD,8 and Lynne T. Shuster, MD9 AbstractSex, a biological variable, and gender, a cultural variable, define the individual and affect all aspects of diseaseprevention, development, diagnosis, progression, and treatment. Sex and […]