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<title>A resolution celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Office of Research on Women's Health at the National Institutes of Health.</title>
<summary summary-id="id114sres242v35" currentChamber="SENATE" update-date="2015-09-24">
<action-date>2015-09-16</action-date>
<action-desc>Passed Senate amended</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p>Commends the Office of Research on Women's Health (ORWH) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for its work over the past 25 years to improve and save the lives of women worldwide. Expresses that the ORWH must remain intact for this and future generations. </p> <p>Recognizes that there remain striking sex and gender differences among many diseases and conditions on which the ORWH should continue to focus. </p> <p>Encourages the ORWH to continue to focus on ensuring that NIH supports biomedical research that considers sex as a biological variable.</p> <p>Encourages the NIH to continue to consult and involve the ORWH on all matters related to the influence of sex and gender on health.</p>]]></summary-text>
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<summary summary-id="id114sres242v00" currentChamber="SENATE" update-date="2015-09-24">
<action-date>2015-08-05</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in Senate</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p>Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) the Office of Research on Women's Health (ORWH) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has improved and saved the lives of countless women worldwide and must remain intact for this and future generations; (2) there remain striking sex and gender differences in many diseases and conditions, on which the ORWH should continue to focus; (3) the ORWH must continue to focus on ensuring that NIH funds biomedical research that considers sex as a basic biological variable; and (4) the NIH should continue to consult and involve the ORWH on all matters related to the influence of sex and gender on health.</p>]]></summary-text>
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