Tag: Medical Sexism

Heart disease affects 60 million women in the U.S., is medical sexism to blame? (Op-Ed)

Heart disease affects 60 million women in the U.S., is medical sexism to blame? (Op-Ed)

Here is a terrifying statistic: Nearly half of all women in the United States are living with some form of heart disease. Cardiologist Dr. Kendra Marsh-Kates says that’s around 60 million women. How can half of the female population suffer from heart disease? A better question is, why aren’t we doing something about it? “When […]

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