Women's health: Funding better research, saving more lives

20-Minute Health Talk · May 22, 2024 · 23m · transcript

For the first time in 30 years, the federal government is taking action to improve women's health through funding better research, a move that took shape in March with President Joe Biden's executive order promising hundreds of millions of dollars in funding. The administration says this initiative, supported by numerous federal agencies, will galvanize new research on a wide range of topics, such as heart disease, menopause, autoimmune disorders, migraines, certain cancers. It will also address the barriers that women face in joining clinical trials, among other proposed actions.

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