Women are more likely to die from a heart attack if they have a male doctor, according to a new study
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- Women are more likely to die from a heart attack if they're treated by a male doctor, and more likely to survive if they're treated by a female doctor, according to a new study.
- The study, published Monday in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, looked at data from more than 500,000 heart attack patients in Florida hospitals.
- The study couldn't determine the reason for this gap, but it's good to remember that women may have different heart attack symptoms than men. Читать дальше...