More than bikini medicine

Willy Lewis, M.D.
By Willy Lewis, M.D.
Health & Medicine
More than bikini medicine

Women are less likely to complain of chest pain during a heart attack than men. For many women, a heart attack is noticeable, among other things, through back pain.
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Gender-specific medicine researches the influence of hormones and sex chromosomes, but also of gender roles and stereotypes, on health and illness.

by RUTH EISENREICH (text) and RICARDO RIO RIBEIRO MARTINS (illustrations)

Can you recognize a heart attack by pain in the chest that radiates to the right arm?

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