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S5 E7: Women and Heart Disease

Published: Feb. 15, 2021, 1:15 a.m.

b"Hello and welcome back to another episode of The Food Medic podcast. This week Dr Hazel is joined by Professor Chris Gale (@cpgale3) to pick apart the common myth that heart disease is a man's disease.

Topics include:
* Anatomical and physiological sex differences of the heart
* Differences in presentation and diagnosis of a heart attack between men and women
* Why women don\\u2019t receive timely treatment after suffering a heart attack
* Sex specific cut off\\u2019s for important blood tests used to diagnose heart attacks
* Menopause and the heart
* The link between mental health and heart disease

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