Even though slightly over half of the U.S. population is female, medical research historically has neglected the health needs of women. However, over the past t

In the nineteenth century some scientists argued that women should not be educated because thinking would use energy needed by the uterus for reproduction. The

The National Institutes of Health Women's Health Initiative (WHI) is the largest research study ever funded by NIH ($625 million over 14 years) and is designed

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