May 19, 2000

More Research Needed on Women, Study Finds

By RON SOUTHWICK and JEFFREY BRAINARD

While the National Institutes of Health has helped increase the number of female subjects of clinical research, the agency has not done enough to ensure that scientists analyze whether treatments affect women and men differently, a new study has found.

The conclusions are contained in a report released this month by the General Accounting Office, the investigative arm of Congress. The findings are echoed in another report, to be published in a journal this

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