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Women's heart attacks often missed in Canadian emergency rooms
Original: 🇨🇦 ⚕️ Why heart attacks in women are often missed in Canadian emergency rooms "..heart disease remains the leading cause
Heart disease remains the leading cause of death among women worldwide, yet Canadian emergency rooms frequently miss heart attacks in women. The World Heart Federation says assessment and testing standards are based on a male model of care, meaning women's symptoms can be under-recognized and undertreated, prompting renewed calls in Canada for gender-sensitive diagnostic approaches.
Why now: Ongoing concern over gender bias in medical diagnostics is drawing attention to how women's heart attacks are assessed in Canadian emergency care.
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- 🇨🇦 ⚕️ Why heart attacks in women are often missed in Canadian emergency rooms "..heart disease remains the leading cause of death among women worldwide. But how they are assessed and tested is based on a male standard of care, says the world heart federation." Can we please… · TrueNorthSpice@mastodon.world · 10
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