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Up Close - Women's Health - September 27, 2012
Women's 'atypical' symptoms said to slow cardiac treatment
Study finds physicians more likely to order tests, medications for males

Health Behavior News Service

Doctors who believe that women have atypical coronary heart disease symptoms are less certain when diagnosing heart disease in women. As a result, women are less likely than men to receive treatments for an urgent cardiac event, finds a new study in the Journal of Health and Social Behavior.

"Some physicians with lower diagnostic certainty were less likely to order medications and tests appropriate for an urgent cardiac situation, which opens the possibility for delayed care or poo...


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