Guide
The women's health data gap: what it is and why it persists
Women were excluded from research for decades, and the evidence base still carries it. What the record actually shows, and where the gap sits today.
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The women's health data gap, the evidence behind it, and what the field is doing about it.
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Why endometriosis still takes years to diagnose
The average wait for an endometriosis diagnosis in the UK is measured in years, not months. The causes are structural, and they shape who ends up in the research too.
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Why women were left out of clinical trials, and what changed
From the 1977 FDA guidance to the 1993 Revitalization Act and after. The decisions, the reasoning, and what still has not been fixed.
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The gender pain gap: what the evidence actually shows
The claim that women's pain is taken less seriously is well evidenced. Here is what the research shows, and where the picture is more complicated.
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The menstrual cycle is still treated as noise in clinical research
Controlling for cycle phase is easier than studying it. That choice has quietly removed a variable that changes drug response, pain and symptom reporting.