The Problem of Health Inequity Unites Us All
The science that informs medicine — including the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of disease — routinely fails to consider the critical impact of sex and gender. These omissions exist at the same time diseases such as lung cancer, heart disease, Alzheimer’s Disease and depression profoundly impact women illustrating the effect of inequitable science on women’s health and sex differences in medicine. As national organizations representing patients who suffer from these diseases, the American Heart Association, the Lung Cancer Alliance and Women Against Alzheimer’s are joining forces against this pervasive problem that transcends diseases, and threatens the overall health of all Americans.
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