Gender health gap: Australian medical research ignoring drugs’ side effects in women

Clinical trials often failing to report results for sex and gender, despite the fact many drugs cause adverse effects in women

Women are being ignored in medical trials and reports, according to a report which calls for more Australian medical research to include gender-specific data.

Failing to account for the different effects a drug may have on men and women compromises quality of care for women, according to the report published in the Medical Journal of Australia on Monday.