The article on Sex differences in autoimmune disorders said that at the time of its publication there was an increase in focus on these differences, the article was published in 2001 and it makes me wonder what has changed since the implementation of these new approaches especially those which used the collaborative efforts of different fields. I would hope that they've made significant progress. It really seemed as though they were approaching the topic from several angles.

The article which focused on heart disease reminded me of the morbidity/mortality discussion we had during our second week however it seemed to be somewhat contradicted by "women are less likely than men to develop heart problems, but once the disease does occur, women often fare worse than men."

I was surprised to hear that some women's symptoms were not taken seriously until they almost became fatal, this definitely showed a lack of knowledge in the field and again makes me wonder how this has changed medical approaches since its publication in 2006.