Dr. Stacy Sims

Yeah, for the most part. Because, I mean, a lot of the stuff when I was going through school, even now, textbooks. So I was standing in the metro in D.C. a few months ago and there was a young girl who has just gotten into exercise physiology and I overheard a conversation saying,

And she was talking about some of the experiments that they were doing, but it never, she never talked about like, we have to make, you know, we're doing women specific, we're doing men specific. And I asked her, I was like, has anyone ever, talk to you about how women's bodies are different than men's from angles and muscle morphology. And she's like, no, what are you talking about?

And she was talking about some of the experiments that they were doing, but it never, she never talked about like, we have to make, you know, we're doing women specific, we're doing men specific. And I asked her, I was like, has anyone ever, talk to you about how women's bodies are different than men's from angles and muscle morphology. And she's like, no, what are you talking about?

I was like, this is a second year in ex-vis now. And if you look at the textbooks, it's still a representation of men in the textbook with regards to images. You have him or they, you never have her. They might have a very small section in there about the female athlete, but usually it's about the female athlete. And anemia or relative energy deficiency in sport.

I was like, this is a second year in ex-vis now. And if you look at the textbooks, it's still a representation of men in the textbook with regards to images. You have him or they, you never have her. They might have a very small section in there about the female athlete, but usually it's about the female athlete. And anemia or relative energy deficiency in sport.

It's never about how we can empower women to use their bodies and their physiology to their advantage. And it's what, almost 2025 now.

It's never about how we can empower women to use their bodies and their physiology to their advantage. And it's what, almost 2025 now.

I don't think so. I mean, I always explain it from historical perspective. We're looking at the history and when we started seeing the modernization of medicine. Prior to the modernization of medicine, it used to be women who were the caretakers. If you're thinking about you get sick, you go and someone has an herbal remedy for you.

I don't think so. I mean, I always explain it from historical perspective. We're looking at the history and when we started seeing the modernization of medicine. Prior to the modernization of medicine, it used to be women who were the caretakers. If you're thinking about you get sick, you go and someone has an herbal remedy for you.

But when we started medicalizing and becoming more nuanced in the medical education, we Women were excluded. So when we start looking at the origins of medicine and who was in the room, it was men. When we start looking at the origins of science and science development, it was men. So all the scientific experiments and everything have always been a default to men. We look at AI now.

But when we started medicalizing and becoming more nuanced in the medical education, we Women were excluded. So when we start looking at the origins of medicine and who was in the room, it was men. When we start looking at the origins of science and science development, it was men. So all the scientific experiments and everything have always been a default to men. We look at AI now.

And they're learning from algorithms based on male data. So even now, healthcare is still heavily male-oriented. So when we start looking at why women haven't been included or why women have been generalized to male data, it's just been the nature of how things have developed.

And they're learning from algorithms based on male data. So even now, healthcare is still heavily male-oriented. So when we start looking at why women haven't been included or why women have been generalized to male data, it's just been the nature of how things have developed.

Now that we're aware of it and now we have more research money coming into women's health, we're starting to see a change. And part of the two definitive moments in healthcare research that really invoked this change, one was when we started seeing a lot of incidences with Ambien and the dosage of medicines where women were getting into a lot of accidents, car accidents.

Now that we're aware of it and now we have more research money coming into women's health, we're starting to see a change. And part of the two definitive moments in healthcare research that really invoked this change, one was when we started seeing a lot of incidences with Ambien and the dosage of medicines where women were getting into a lot of accidents, car accidents.

after they take an Ambien because it was still in their system the next morning.

after they take an Ambien because it was still in their system the next morning.

It's a sleep aid. Okay. It's a prescription strength sleep aid. So then people are like, whoa, what's going on here? Oh, the dosage for 180-pound man is the same as 120-pound woman. And we also know that there's differences in body composition and metabolism. So a 180-pound man can take this dose and be fine in the morning, but a 120-pound woman can't take that same dose and be fine in the morning.

It's a sleep aid. Okay. It's a prescription strength sleep aid. So then people are like, whoa, what's going on here? Oh, the dosage for 180-pound man is the same as 120-pound woman. And we also know that there's differences in body composition and metabolism. So a 180-pound man can take this dose and be fine in the morning, but a 120-pound woman can't take that same dose and be fine in the morning.

And then we have COVID and the outcomes of long COVID and the differences between the sexes with regards to women ended up with more long COVID, men ended up dying. So then during the COVID time period, people were like, whoa, there's sex differences in the outcomes of this disease. We have to really start looking at that.