>>11950403>Is it true that studies and medical trials usually consist of mostly or entirely of white participants? I don’t know very much about medicine,
but it seems obvious that in western medicine medical trials mostly consisted of white participants. Historically that is to be expected, since there weren’t many blacks around, especially in Europe. Nowadays there’s probably more data on other races around due to globalization of medical research.
>If that is the case, then it would follow that the conclusions made from these studies don’t apply as broadly to other races, right? We’re not that different, so most things apply for all humans. But there are some exceptions. Rashes are obviously harder to spot on darker skin, so you’d have to focus on other signs than color change.
In some cases there is even different medications to use.
