Little Difference In Chest Pain Between Men And Women, JAMA Internal Medicine Reveals

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In recent years the medical community has grown increasingly concerned that women with heart attacks may be less likely to receive prompt and effective treatment. The difference between the sexes in the presentation of symptoms is thought to be a major barrier to better treatment for women. But now a new study published in JAMA Internal Medicine finds that a key aspect of these differences– the description of chest pain in the emergency department– may not play as big a role as previously suspected.

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