Array of assorted pills.Speaking to the Association of American Medical Colleges, Martha Gulati, MD, a cardiologist at the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles revealed that when she gives lectures at medical schools about sex differences in heart and cardiology care, many students are learning for the first time that there is still a huge disparity between the sexes in medical education.She says: “Often, male biology is taught as the ‘default’ and learning about how female biology is different — from organ systems to hormones to cellular differences — is considered ‘special interest’.”We have known this for a while in some formats. For example, the first time human blood was ever used to test the absorbency of menstrual products was, uh... two years ago.Additionally, a lot of what we know about heart attacks only really pertains to men. &l