My partner and I attended a hockey game last month with a "Go Red" promotion, and we talked a little about whether additional support for women was appropriate. Generally speaking, women are better at monitoring their health than men. Here's some of what has already been covered in Difference Blog about heart-disease differences between men and women:
- Ironically, both sexes seem to feel that heart disease risk is higher for the opposite sex than for their own (3/12/07).
- Women's heart attack symptoms present differently than men's, which can lead to misdiagnosis (10/11/06, 1/15/09).
- The care regimens for heart disease seem to work more effectively for women than men (12/10/08). Research for women's heart health also lags, but the difference in apparently available populations makes parity difficult (e.g. 11/26/08, 11/15/06)
- Men and women are equally likely to call an ambulance for a heart attack (9/10/07)
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