Comments on: The breast/uterine cancer study with no women invited

By: druidwinter

druidwinter — Thu, 30 May 2013 04:57:01 +0000

Reblogged this on winterdominatrix and commented:
Male privilege in the medical; field. How sad that we are still not given equal status as men. Women are just as likely to suffer from heart disease, yet, it is called a man’s disease, much in the way AIDS was peddled while women died. Women are only studied for reproduction and little attention goes to any other organs, as if we dont have them! Or we are walking baby factories that self produce milk.. we are not really considered humans for not being born male and for some reason, women are separated from the rest of humanity and work twice as hard to attain half of what males are offered. ….If you are a childless woman, no health care for you, unless you want some birth control pills! Want birth control pills? The condom-less form of birth control preferred by males- of course there will be money for that, oh, and And Viagra..Viagra was funded faster and pushed to be on the market faster than any drug I can recall. and BTW, Besides recreational use, viagra has no life-saving medical use.
Men and their interests are first, children & elders next, and the woman is again the lowest priority for basic care. We are only missed by our children after we are gone. Perhaps they should publish medical studies on women based on what they died from.

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By: Carolyn Thomas

Carolyn Thomas — Wed, 29 May 2013 13:36:46 +0000

Hello Nancy – Sadly, yes, much work still left to do.

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By: nancyspoint

nancyspoint — Wed, 29 May 2013 13:16:13 +0000

Hi Carolyn, Another terrific post. I agree with Kathi. It would be comical if only…

It seems there is still much work to be done in the area of gender equality in this realm too.

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By: CreativeRN

CreativeRN — Tue, 28 May 2013 16:22:31 +0000

[…] An article on Gender Bias in Healthcare Research […]

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By: Carolyn Thomas

Carolyn Thomas — Tue, 28 May 2013 14:35:16 +0000

I agree, Kathi. One of the most glaring examples of this failure to include those most affected by health care was a recent medical panel on reconstructive surgery following mastectomy – that included NO patients.
*sigh* …

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By: The Accidental Amazon

The Accidental Amazon — Tue, 28 May 2013 14:18:40 +0000

This would almost be comical, if it didn’t still have implications for the treatment of women’s health today. There are still so many entrenched and outdated notions about our health issues among physicians today. The over-prescribing of statins & the treatment of cardiac issues are just a few of them.

Over the past year in the U.S., it seems that our elected officials are repeating this trend over and over by legislating health decisions affecting women via committees that have no women on them. *sigh*

Great post as usual, Carolyn.

Kathi

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By: Carolyn Thomas

Carolyn Thomas — Tue, 28 May 2013 12:54:11 +0000

Good point. And although the Rockefeller study was done 35 years after your med school days, it’s interesting to note that women still made up only about 15% of medical school classes in the 1980s. But still . . . !

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By: Dr. John Fisher

Dr. John Fisher — Tue, 28 May 2013 11:51:19 +0000

In several experimental studies while we were students, 24 hour urine collections were analysed. Mostly, the men were more willing to carry a large bottle around all day than were the women. Also, in those days(1950s), women made up about 15% of our class, so there were fewer possible volunteers.

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By: Carolyn Thomas

Carolyn Thomas — Mon, 27 May 2013 14:00:08 +0000

We don’t know if the 13C study was done on those ‘experimental animals’ called med students – but given that their theoretical inferences reported on “chemopreventive activity against breast cancer in humans”, one wonders why they hadn’t selected female med students?!

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By: Dr. John Fisher

Dr. John Fisher — Mon, 27 May 2013 13:52:12 +0000

Was the study about “breast and uterine cancer” or about the metabolism of I3C ?
The discussion of results suggests that from the information on metabolism of I3C, theoretical inferences were drawn about its probable role in cancer. Were the subjects perhaps medical students? They make good experimental animals, and you don’t need to destroy them painlessly at conclusion. Also, we used to volunteer happily when I was at med school.

I’m now a retired doctor.

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By: Ray's Mom

Ray's Mom — Mon, 27 May 2013 13:43:08 +0000

Yes, that is true. God bless

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