Bias in medical science

kmakm
kmakm Member Posts: 7,974 ✭
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This makes me hopping mad...   :#

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2019/nov/13/the-female-problem-male-bias-in-medical-trials
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  • arpie
    arpie Member Posts: 8,129 ✭
    Bloody Hell - I never knew that!!

    As evidenced by the trial to restrict the side effects of hormone treatment for men with prostate cancer (similar side effects to us) and the women were left out or not even asked to participate in one specifically for Breast Cancer women!

      NO EXCUSE now for them not playing catch up then, eh?
  • Afraser
    Afraser Member Posts: 4,444 ✭
    Try reading Freud!! Psychology is dogged by Freud’s philosophical approaches (or more accurately shoring up his beliefs, partly attributable to his sex and times), otherwise we wouldn’t be ‘discovering’ post-natal depression! At least we are talking about it but ‘catch up’ may need an almost equal amount of time! 
  • primek
    primek Member Posts: 5,392 ✭
    Well probably this is why they have ethics committes now and thank goodness women are now involved in the workforce and clinical trials. 
  • kezmusc
    kezmusc Member Posts: 1,553 ✭
    Oh dear....the things you learn.

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