Brown: Emergency Physician Shows Everyday Readers Why 'Sex Matters' in Health Care
June 26, 2020
June 26, 2020
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, June 26 -- Brown University issued the following news release:
Dr. Alyson McGregor was just finishing her residency at Brown's Warren Alpert Medical School when a major medical finding broke: The classic symptoms associated with heart attacks, shooting pain down the left arm and crushing pressure on the chest, were in fact typical only of men.
In contrast, women suffering heart attacks were likely to report subtle symptoms, like fatigue, . . .
Dr. Alyson McGregor was just finishing her residency at Brown's Warren Alpert Medical School when a major medical finding broke: The classic symptoms associated with heart attacks, shooting pain down the left arm and crushing pressure on the chest, were in fact typical only of men.
In contrast, women suffering heart attacks were likely to report subtle symptoms, like fatigue, . . .