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Not just ageing either. The reason that a lot of medications say not to take if you are pregnant is not because they studied it and determined that it could be dangerous. It's because they didn't bother to study it at all.
A lot of studies will choose to only study men because women are likely to have periods, get pregnant, etc. You know, normal human life.
And it should surprise no one that it's mostly white people, too.
When designing safety features like seat belts or safety harnesses: "Women have these weird anatomical quirks, seems complicated, let's just ignore it."
Why sex bias in labs means women are the losers in research into ~~ageing~~ virtually all medical issues
FTFY
Apparently menstrual cycles (and the resulting fluctuating hormones) make the female body tOo CoMpLiCaTeD for researchers and they'd rather stick to the "default human model." Bitch study some fetal developmental science: female is the default model!
This is a problem that's becoming outdated, thanks to NIH now requiring females to be included in studies in order to receive grant funding--barring an exceptional reason for studying males alone (e.g., male-specific problems). They are even requiring cell lines for in vitro studies to be derived, at least in part, from females, rather than from males alone.
Now ... in the 21st century you mean ... after over 80 years of clinical trials.
The best time to start was decades ago, but at least they've started.
But even though researchers know female mice react differently to drugs to males, there have been zero studies on separate interventions that could help women live healthier, longer lives.
Imagine my surprise. Well, with the way things are going women are probably going to be consigned to being birthing machines and sex toys
I mean, men don't live as long as women. Seems natural to focus on the group who has a bigger problem dying younger.
The expert quoted has had quite a life:
After earning a BA in English literature from UCLA, Austad left academia for a number of years during which among other things, he drove a taxi cab in New York City, worked as a newspaper reporter, and trained lions for television and movies.
He sounds pretty cool.
I admit I looked him up only because his view challenged what I've been seeing in reporting on studies done in this area. I've seen what seems like a trend in studying and comparing changes in lifespan and healthspan in male and female subjects (in both human and mouse). I suspect I am suffering from some recency bias, but it really does seem to me like studies in this area are better at teasing out sex differences than in non-longevity lines of research.
Anyway, thought I'd mention the expert's colorful past
Science builds upon itself. Find an answer with the simpler case, and then work towards the more complex ones once we understand some of the mechanics. It's like being upset that more funding is going to fighting specific cancers instead of generalized all-cancer treatments.