Focusing on differences between the sexes is leading medical researchers astray
Publication information:
Shattuck-Heidorn, Heather, and Sarah S. Richardson. “Focusing on Differences Between the Sexes Is Leading Medical Researchers Astray”. The Washington Post, 2019.
Abstract
The sleep drug zolpidem (Ambien) is a leading example used by advocates of sex-based medicine. In this Op-Ed, Heather Shattuck-Heidorn and I argue that there is no evidence for sex differences in zolpidem dosing -- and that the paradigmatic example of zolpidem is actually a cautionary tale of the dangers of an overfocus on sex differences.