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Why We Need To Address The Gender Gap In Medical Research
It’s another Monday afternoon at the mindbodygreen editorial pitch meeting. We run through our list of ideas, assign out stories, and swap research studies to set us up for successful reporting. As we dive into PubMed, the “methods” sections give us pause: A longitudinal study in a population of healthy men. A six-month study of healthy older men. Measuring blood sugar levels in men with type 2 diabetes, or obesity, or [insert health condition here]. Men, men, men.