Women get short shrift in many heart device studies, despite requirement

Wednesday, March 2, 2011 - 22:20 in Health & Medicine

Despite a longstanding requirement for medical device makers to include women in the studies they submit to the Food and Drug Administration for device approval, very few include enough women or separately analyze how the devices work in them. Devices may be on the market without adequate data on their safety and effectiveness in women.

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