I really enjoyed reading both articles and was very surprised to find that these methods of study haven't been used yet, those combining the biological and social approaches. It seems to me, maybe since we've now read the article, the only way to reach conclusive findings. At first, and I'm a little embarrassed to admit this I wasn't exactly sure of the definition of morbidity, I thought that it was almost interchangeable with mortality but the article really showed me how to contrast the two. The use of the two words really emphasized the paradox of this gender difference in health disparities. I also was very interested in the way child bearing can affect a woman's immune system, especially that it seems to help fight of external infections but left internal hazards less controlled.