Women not shortchanged in trials? Women not shortchanged in trials? Abstract New reports
say that women receive about equal treatment in clinical trials. Gender bias in two large heart
studies was for scientific reasons. Full Text Four years ago, Congress, in response to pressure
from women's groups and others, told the US National Institutes of Health to take measures to
assure that women and minorities are fully included in clinical trials. Amid some strong
rhetoric-such as First Lady Hillary Clinton's reference to "the appalling degree" to which …