“Glad I Have My Life Back Now”: Doctor Doesn’t Take Woman’s Worry Seriously While It Ruins Her Life (14/20)

And that influence shows up in cases like what the TikToker Sam experienced – doctors downplaying women’s symptoms as merely emotional reactions or way simpler diagnoses. Again, like Sam, whose sleep apnea was attributed to her weight or just anxiety. And that’s due to some doctors’ ingrained prejudices against women.

Such prejudice is formed by women being underrepresented in medical research. For example, in heart disease studies, women make up less than a third of all subjects, or in mental health studies, women make up less than half of preclinical studies.