President Joe Biden signed the agreement on Monday. presidential order Promote women’s health research in light of Women’s History Month.
“My administration is committed to ensuring that women get the answers they need about their health. For too long, scientific and biomedical research has excluded women and research on women’s health has been limited. have underestimated,” Biden wrote. “The resulting research gap means we know too little about women’s health across the lifespan of women, and the gaps are even more pronounced for women of color, older women, and women with disabilities. is.”
The executive order will provide support for research into women’s midlife health and diseases common after menopause, such as heart disease and osteoporosis. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will be ordered to collect more data on the health of women in midlife and explore ways to better manage issues surrounding menopause. After menopause, a woman’s ovaries produce less estrogen, making her more susceptible to health problems such as heart disease and osteoporosis. ABC News I will report it.
Biden said in his executive order that members of the initiative will work to “improve the recruitment, enrollment, and retention of women in clinical trials, including, where appropriate, reducing barriers through advances in technology and data science.” .
At a press conference Sunday afternoon, Dr. Carolyn Mazure, chair of the White House Women’s Health Research Initiative, said the recently signed order also focuses on health conditions that affect women, such as Alzheimer’s disease and rheumatoid arthritis. said.she said article Because women live longer than men, women have a higher lifetime risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease than men, according to a paper published in Harvard Medical School’s Harvard Health Publishing.
But at the same time, it’s unclear whether there are any biomarkers or unknown factors that put women’s health at risk. For example, women are up to three times more likely to be diagnosed with the disease than men. rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Although several factors are involved in this condition, including sex hormones, researchers are wondering why women are more likely to develop rheumatoid arthritis and why different joints are affected in women compared to men. argues that further research needs to be done to understand the
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