Wednesday, 22 May 2019

Heart failure missed in thousands of women because doctors assume it's a 'man's disease'

Heart failure missed in thousands of women because doctors assume it's a 'man's disease' Women are less likely than men to be diagnosed with potentially fatal heart failure because of unconscious bias among doctors, new research suggests.

A major study analysing more than 93,000 patients over four years found women were nine per cent less likely to receive a diagnosis and 13 per cent less likely to get the right prescription. The Daily Telegraph

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