The sleep aid Ambien is a famous example: it caused more side effects in women than in men. "It turns out that women should actually be taking half the dose that men do because they metabolize the drug really differently," Shansky said. A new field of research is emerging that focuses on the differences between the sexes when it comes to anti-cancer treatments. And since 2016, publicly funded research from the National Institutes of Health in the US requires studies to consider sex as a biological variable. "Money is a good motivator for people, and so I think that will help," Shansky said.

Source: Bangkok Post May 31, 2019 00:00 UTC