Monday, October 13, 2008

Doctors May Miss Heart Disease Diagnoses in Women-WSJ Health Blog

Doctors May Miss Heart Disease Diagnoses in Women-WSJ Health Blog: "When a patient is showing signs of stress as well as signs of heart problems such as chest pain and shortness of breath, family physicians and internists are more likely to decide the cause is anxiety if the patient is female, according to data presented at the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics meeting in Washington over the weekend and reported by Bloomberg."