Podbit · On Purpose with Jay Shetty
Before 1993, all medical research was conducted on male subjects — even the laboratory mice. That means every diagnosis and prescription available to women was based on a male body. The Biden White House invested $1 billion in one year to begin closing that gap, sparking a wider movement of scientific and venture investment.
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The conversation shifts to women's health, and Jill Biden delivers one of the episode's most striking factual revelations: before 1993, every piece of medical research — including on lab mice — was conducted exclusively on males. [1] — Dr. Jill Biden "Before 1993, all medical research was conducted on male subjects — even the laboratory mice. That means every diagnosis and prescription av…" 37:35 That means women received diagnoses and prescriptions calibrated to a fundamentally different body. When Jill brought this to Joe, he responded by launching a White House initiative that invested $1 billion in a single year into women's health research, catalyzing wider scientific and venture investment. Jill herself is not speaking from a distance: she had skin cancer removed from her eyelid and her chest while living in the White House, an experience she found deeply traumatic. The segment closes with a discussion of young women returning to tanning beds despite the risks — a trend she urges pushback against.
Before 1993, all medical research was conducted on male subjects — even the lab mice were male — meaning all diagnoses and prescriptions were based on male bodies.
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