The differential effect of the medication zolpidem was found to be related to body size and not sex, potentially leading to underdosing of women and ineffective treatment for insomnia.
Base diagnostics off the data needed rather than available - medicine often uses sex as a proxy for body size due to data availability, leading to inaccurate dosages.
Health outcome gaps between men and women often lack simple biological explanations, with gender biases in treatment and assumptions contributing significantly to the disparities.
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