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The gender bias in healthcare treatment remains a significant problem in the United States. A study from the Journal of Women’s Health found that middle-aged women with chest pain were twice as likely to be diagnosed with a mental illness as their male counterparts.
The problem is worse for Black women. A 2020 analysis of 3 million hospital patient admissions found that Black patients and under-represented minorities received up to 10 percent fewer early treatments for heart problems than white patients.
We’ve heard from many of our female listeners about the challenges they’ve faced receiving treatment.
The problem is worse for Black women. A 2020 analysis of 3 million hospital patient admissions found that Black patients and under-represented minorities received up to 10 percent fewer early treatments for heart problems than white patients.
We’ve heard from many of our female listeners about the challenges they’ve faced receiving treatment.
Addressing women's health care concerns
Posted from the1a.org
Gender
Health
Posted 1 y ago
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel good day Brother William, always informational and of the most interesting. Thanks for sharing, have a blessed day!
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."I’m 28 years old and for the past 10 years I’ve been dealing with a chronic illness called porphyria. For the first seven years, I was diagnosed by many, many healthcare professionals. Not only in emergency rooms, but gynecologists, psychiatrists and hematologists. It took a genetic specialist to diagnose my sister and find out what we had going on.
Last month, we dedicated our program to unpacking the reasons why these gender and racial disparities exist in our healthcare system. Now, we are looking at creative solutions to the crisis."
..."I’m 28 years old and for the past 10 years I’ve been dealing with a chronic illness called porphyria. For the first seven years, I was diagnosed by many, many healthcare professionals. Not only in emergency rooms, but gynecologists, psychiatrists and hematologists. It took a genetic specialist to diagnose my sister and find out what we had going on.
Last month, we dedicated our program to unpacking the reasons why these gender and racial disparities exist in our healthcare system. Now, we are looking at creative solutions to the crisis."
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Lt Col Charlie Brown That is so true as a woman's symptoms of a heart attack can be without chest discomfort. Arms,back,neck,jaw or stomach pain or discomfort may be the only symptoms a woman is experiencing.
Then there is its all in your head response and of course the one I got last week "that women were a mystery " just goes to show that medical education is all about taking care of the male. We are left out.
Then there is its all in your head response and of course the one I got last week "that women were a mystery " just goes to show that medical education is all about taking care of the male. We are left out.
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