OT Thanks Saturn. That article is one century after leading-edge cardiologists detected the gender difference in heart disease, though AMA didn't publish the delta until last year. No joke. This delay suggests the best way to move the medical community forward into action quicker, is by writing a book directly to consumers on the topic (which was done around 1999 or 2000, ref to earlier link), rather than writing a paper to the medical community. Women do not follow 'traditional' (read: male) heart attack symptoms. (Some doctors didn't want to be told the world is round...)
Highlights from your article:
nytimes.com
Much research was done, mostly among men, to identify risk factors and find ways to control them. ...
Further studies (again, mostly among men) showed ...
But along the way, heart disease in women was sorely neglected, even though more women than men have died of cardiovascular disease in the United States since the mid-1980's.
Today, cardiovascular disease is the No. 1 killer of American women. Half a million women die of it each year, more than the next seven causes combined.
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A lot of women have died "waiting for the market forces of capitalism to correct this."
My brother's cardiology business has grown about 10X - more than the population growth. Meanwhile, others keep waiting...
Regards,
Amy J |
