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On the other hand, women who do have heart attacks do not do as well, at least partly because people assume they aren't having one. http://www.bbc.com/news/hea
by roywiggins 9y ago
On the other hand, women who do have heart attacks do not do as well, at least partly because people assume they aren't having one.
http://www.bbc.com/news/health-42590013 http://www.bbc.com/news/health-42590013
- mikestew 9y agoYeah, I almost typed "immune" before menopause, but that's not entirely accurate. And as you point out, it implies that a pre-menopausal woman having a heart attack just doesn't happen. Hell, my brother-in-law had an nearly fatal heart attack when he was 34 (bad genetics, helped along by too much drinking and smoking). Gender and number of wrinkles are just data points, but not the deciders of who's having a heart attack and who's not when their arm goes numb.
- klipt 9y agoProbably the same reason that men have lower breast cancer survival rates than women - the common assumption is that it's a gender specific disease, which delays diagnosis and treatment: http://www.breastcancer.org/research-news/20120517 http://www.breastcancer.org/research-news/20120517