It's timely that we're meeting. National Women's Health Week begins May 13 and will be headlined by events throughout the country. I'm sure many of you will have an active role in the races, forums and other events that are being held. Women are the major consumers of health care in this country. They are a growing majority of the population of our elderly citizens.
Women are also present in growing numbers in the health professions.
Thankfully, there's no longer anything unique about seeing women in every sphere of medicine, health management or biotech research. Any effort to improve the health and well being of our families must have women's health as a vital component. As my wife and daughters often remind me, women are the primary caregivers in our society. More often than not, it's women who choose the family health care plan and select the family doctor. Women pick up the medications, make appointments with the doctor, make sure the family has had immunization shots and buy the groceries to provide proper nutrition.