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Why the world needs to understand women more, not less
UniSC News, Vol.6 March 2025
University of the Sunshine Coast
2025
Abstract
It’s surprising how long it took for science to give adequate attention to women’s health.
A woman today is still more likely to suffer bodily trauma from a seatbelt in car collisions – because they are designed with the male physique in mind.
You’re also less likely to notice she is having a heart attack, because the current guidelines are based on male symptoms.
And despite women accounting for 70 percent of chronic pain patients, 80 percent of pain medication on the shelves today are dosed to suit the ‘average’ cis-gendered male body. That is because, until recently, dosing was tested only on men (or male mice).
Details
- Title
- Why the world needs to understand women more, not less
- Authors
- Mia Schaumberg - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Healthy Ageing Research Cluster
- Publication details
- UniSC News, Vol.6 March 2025
- Publisher
- University of the Sunshine Coast
- Date published
- 2025
- Organisation Unit
- School of Health - Biomedicine; Healthy Ageing Research Cluster; Cancer Research Cluster
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 991121552402621
- Output Type
- Blog
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