Women are at a higher risk of dying from heart disease − in part because doctors don’t take major sex and gender differences into account
- Written by Amy Huebschmann, Professor of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Rates of heart disease and cardiac events in women are often underestimated.eternalcreative/iStock via Getty ImagesA simple difference in the genetic code – two X chromosomes versus one X chromosome and one Y chromosome – can lead to major differences in heart disease. It turns out that these genetic differences influence more than...