When Does Medicine Leave Women Behind?

By NPR/TED Staff / NPR

Published February 10, 2017 at 2:49 AM PST

This story was published more than 7 years ago.

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When Does Medicine Leave Women Behind?

Part 4 of the TED Radio Hour episode Getting Better

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Men and women experience some diseases differently. Doctor Paula Johnson says this is alarming — because most treatments were designed for men, not women.

About Paula Johnson

Dr. Paula Johnson is a cardiologist and president of Wellesley College. Prior to that, she was executive director of the Connors Center for Women's Health and Gender Biology, and chief of the Division of Women's Health at Brigham and Women's Hospital. She was one of the first in her field to call attention to sex differences in medical treatment.