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Article: Many women ignore heart disease risk _ and so do their doctors.(The Providence Journal)
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service
- Article date:
- February 2, 2001
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Many women are oblivious to their grave risk for heart disease.
They have no idea what heart-attack symptoms would feel like.
They ignore the danger signs and carry on.
They delay going to the emergency room until it's too late.
And then, to make matters worse, they frequently receive substandard care.
That's the problem. You would think that Debbie Smith, a registered nurse at Kent County Memorial Hospital, might have been an exception.
But the myth that women do not get heart disease is entrenched in our society.