Exploring the Biological Contributions to Human Health: Does Sex Matter?
, important sex differences exist in the incidence, risk, causation, and presentation of certain diseases. Treatments that work one way in men may work another in women. And given womens capacity to bear children, many reproductive issues affect womens lives differently than they do mens. Although women are now being included in more medical research and clinical trials, most medical research has focused on males. For most of history, positions of power and seniority have been occupied by men. Men have set research agendas, chosen funding priorities, written laws and public policy, and determined which questions are worthy of attention. These decisions affect all of usnot only men. It is vital that women have a place at the table.
