Women have heart attacks too, but their symptoms are often dismissed

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Women have heart attacks too, but their symptoms are often dismissed

Ruth
Nicola
Brown

Men and women respond differently to diseases and treatments for biological, social and psychological reasons. In this series on Gender Medicine, experts explore these differences and the importance of approaching treatment and diagnosis through a gender lens.

Heart attacks claim the lives of 3.3 million women every year, and many women die from other heart-related conditions. In the United States, nearly 29