Female mammals have long been neglected in biomedical research. The NIH mandated
enrollment of women in human clinical trials in 1993, but no similar initiatives exist to foster …

Men are at greater risk for cardiovascular and renal disease than are age-matched,
premenopausal women. Recent studies using the technique of 24-hour ambulatory blood …

Large pragmatic trials provide the most reliable data about the effects of treatments, but
should be designed, analysed, and reported to enable the most effective use of treatments in …

The term “glass ceiling” refers to women's lack of advancement into leadership positions
despite no visible barriers. The term has been applied to academic medicine for over a …

Observations in experimental animals and in humans have shown that the rate of
progression of renal disease is influenced by gender. Deterioration of renal function in …

The aim of this study was to describe the relationship between hypertension and health-
related quality of life (HRQL) in a Swedish general population using the 36-item short form …

There are a number of examples of sex differences in drug pharmacokinetics and
pharmacodynamics. Recent advances in the characterisation of specific isozymes involved …

Studies were performed in intact male and female, gonadectomized male and female, and
gonadectomized female rats given testosterone for 5 weeks to investigate the role played by …

Background: Trials of drug therapy for hypertension have shown that such therapy has a
clear overall benefit in preventing cardiovascular disease. Although these trials have …

Coronary heart disease has long been recognized as the leading cause of death among
middle-aged men, but it is an equally important cause of death and disability among older …