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How medicine overlooked women's heart disease
Heart disease in women has long been underdiagnosed and undertreated, as clinical research historically centred on male patients and symptoms presented differently in women, often being missed or dismissed. Reports revisiting this gap highlight how chest pain, fatigue and other warning signs in women were overlooked for decades, and why awareness of sex-based differences in cardiology is now growing.
Why now: Renewed attention to sex bias in medical research and gaps in women's cardiac care
Evidence
- How medicine overlooked women's heart disease · chicagoparent.com
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