Research Into Chronic Conditions Impacting Women Is Lacking, Report Says

The Washington Post (7/11, Malhi) says, “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 impacted “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.” However, “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.”