Katrina Paulson
Aug 13, 2024

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Hiya Frederick!

Ha! Great point!!

And I believe gender bias in medical research is the answer to why this information wasn't known before.

Women were excluded in medical research or clinical trials for a variety of reasons, but mainly because it was thought female hormones would distort results too much and, a bit ironically, that there aren't any differences between male and female biology or at least no significant differences to warrant the inclusion of women. (Sources:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4800017/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8812498/)

This bias began changing around the 1970-80s during the women’s movement, but it wasn't until 1993 that the US passed a law stating women must be included -- but even then there were typically fewer women. (Sources: https://orwh.od.nih.gov/toolkit/recruitment/history

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4624369/)

And as for Elon Musk, I don't trust him in the slightest but thanks for watching out :-)

Thank you also for your continued support Frederick. I appreciate you!

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Katrina Paulson
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