{"id":22971,"date":"2024-06-18T08:00:09","date_gmt":"2024-06-18T12:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=22971"},"modified":"2024-06-18T08:00:10","modified_gmt":"2024-06-18T12:00:10","slug":"older-women-are-different-than-older-men-their-health-is-woefully-understudied","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=22971","title":{"rendered":"Older Women Are Different Than Older Men. Their Health Is Woefully Understudied."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

(By Judith Graham for KFF Health News)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Medical research has shortchanged women for decades. This is particularly true of older women, leaving physicians without critically important information about how to best manage their health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Late last year, the Biden administration promised to address this problem with a new effort called the White House Initiative on Women\u2019s Health Research. That inspires a compelling question: What priorities should be on the initiative\u2019s list when it comes to older women? Continue reading here…<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kaiser Health News is a nonprofit national health polity news service that is part of the nonpartisan Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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