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

  • Written by: Patricia Davidson, Professor and Dean, School of Nursing, Johns Hopkins University
imageThe importance of heart health in women has for many years been invisible.tacit requiem (joanneQEscober )/Flickr, CC BY

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...

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