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...JoAnn E. Manson '75 is the principal investigator of the WHI at Brigham and Women's, one of the study's 16 nationwide vanguard centers responsible for program design and recruiting. She says she believes the study is desperately needed, since medical research has traditionally focused...
...women often] have different responses to diseases and treatment," Manson explains. "Certain diseases are more common or unique to women. In order to get answers, we need to study women directly...
...Manson notes that ironically, the first randomized trial of a particular form of estrogen was performed solely on men, with the adverse affect of increasing the risk of coronary heart disease...
...Manson also cites legitimate concerns of researchers that the menstrual cycle would alter data or that fetuses would be harmed if pregnant women were used in studies...
Although most of Manson's colleagues see the necessity of studies on women, some believe that strict quotas may hinder research...