"Women currently receive diagnoses and treatment based on what has worked for men. However, the efforts of women's health advocates and unveiling of inequities in medical research have led to a broadened research agenda that is beginning to yield insights into the health-related similarities and differences between men and women."
"A woman's life expectancy has increased from 48.3 years in 1900 to 79.4 years in 19971. Today, our challenge is to make those extra years of life healthy and productive."
