Dr. Jill Biden and Maria Shriver lock arms for women's health equity
FLOTUS Biden joined Maria Shriver at an event to recognize the establishment of tge first WH initiative dedicates ro women's health research at the Willard Hotel in DC. The theme was "The Power of Research: The Need for Gender Equity." Dr. Biden contended that Maria's mother would be proud of her work and talked abiut hiw they met. "I had met you as Second Lady when you were first lady of California, but we really had never sat down and really talked about what was on our hearts," she said. "You laid out a problem that was so simple, but so often ignored. That women's health is understudied and research is underfunded and too many of our medications, our treatments and medical school textbooks are based on men... Leaving women seeking health care in a medical world largely designed for men." But that while many recognize when it's talked about the issue. It's not enough to "just talk about it" and highlighted action the...