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ahimsa
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"Lack of ME research because of ‘medical misogyny’, says top scientist"

https://www.thetimes.com/uk/scotland/article/chris-ponting-misogyny-me-research-c09hp0hfg

"Professor Chris Ponting, who led a groundbreaking study into the disease (DecodeME) says it is 'highly stigmatised and incredibly female-biased'"

"…clinicians and scientists should be asking why his work was not done 15 years ago"

#MEcfs #PwME #GWAS #Genetics #DecodeME

“I am not a clinician. But I have heard many people talking about medical misogyny in ME and endometriosis and other diseases. We need to challenge ourselves as to why it is that this type of study — genetic study — was not done 15 years ago when other diseases benefited from this type of approach."

Asked why, he replied: “I think because of stigma and because there is medical misogyny and a strong bias towards funding research that is of greater benefit to males than females.”