The German Society for Internal Medicine (DGIM) is urging the federal government to strengthen its support for women’s health.
“In the gender‑sensitive orientation of medicine, research is still in its infancy” said Dagmar Führer‑Sakel, DGIM president, during an interview with the “Rheinische Post” (Monday issue). “This is especially true for hormonal and molecular foundations-here we are still essentially in the middle ages”. She added that the scarcity of data is partly due to the fact that most studies are conducted on male participants. “The results obtained are frequently applied to the female body without any further differentiation” she explained.
Gender‑sensitive medicine acknowledges physiological differences between men and women. The federal government has pledged to promote research in this area, as announced by Research Minister Dorothee Bär (CSU) and Health Minister Nina Warken (CDU). Specific plans for implementation are still pending.
