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Is it enough to have “enough” women in cardiac studies?

January 5, 2020December 12, 2022 ~ Carolyn Thomas ~ 16 Comments

by Carolyn Thomas   ♥    @HeartSisters

Did you hear the one about the Harvard study on the effects of aspirin in preventing heart attack? Over 22,000 men participated, but the researchers did not recruit even one woman.1

But that is not a joke.            .  .   Continue reading “Is it enough to have “enough” women in cardiac studies?” →

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