Growing number of federal health agencies are combing grants for taboo words, unnerving researchers Trump administration flagging ‘trans’ and ‘diversity,’ but also ‘women’ and ‘Covid’

https://www.statnews.com/2025/02/13/trump-dei-ban-banned-words-list-scrambles-research-nih-veterans-affairs/?utm_campaign=morning_rounds&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9oLChjwgiiHdk8Xy3zHW9XUYgTwGouYnwvdV-5OzAjvWXLJLyClgbwC9ELKIrWbULQR7Laz5i2ue3gQHnH85SrL5vORA&_hsmi=350344450&utm_content=350344450&utm_source=hs_email Why women are more likely to get Alzheimer’s At a time when including the word “women” in research grants has triggered special review at the NIH, the journal Science has published an entire special issue devoted to new research and perspectives on women’s health. The collection, out yesterday, highlights studies on the interplay between hormones, chromosomes, and dementia, and includes essays arguing for the importance of studying sex differences throughout biomedical research. “The menopause transition specifically might be an important key to help us unlock the biology of Alzheimer’s disease, and this is knowledge that will promote health for all brains,” Madeline Wood Alexander, one of the study authors, said to STAT’s Liz Cooney. Read more from Liz on the findings and what research is still needed. ‘Simply good science’: Women’s health research reveals clues to aging and Alzheimer’s Under fire in the U.S., researchers on sex differences highlight need to understand ‘all brain https://www.statnews.com/2025/03/05/alzheimers-dementia-in-women-explored-special-edition-health-journal-science/?utm_campaign=morning_rounds&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9h204KZPWYiPcjyK4_Aj79Wd9y9TWZPArdF-Y48UxDyfStSZI1NlPRadTJDDQt7Ua7SSOxzDcAVWwjjP6P-u494SMqKA&_hsmi=350344450&utm_content=350344450&utm_source=hs_email